[spectre] V2_presents | Test_Lab: Who Wants To Be...? | Dec 1

[V2_]

*V2_presents*
*Test_Lab: Who Wants To Be...?*
December 1, 2011, 20:00 - 23:00
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam
Admission: 10 EUR*
http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-who-wants-to-be

"..a hugely liberating and spontaneous night of audience autonomy."
- The Guardian

*What would happen when you get a say in public spending?Test_Lab: Who 
Wants to Be...? is a social experiment in the form of a raucous game 
show developed by art collective The People Speak. All visitors chip in 
10 EUR in advance to enter the game, after which they brainstorm, argue, 
and vote on how to spend the collective money.*

Witnessing the largest cuts in state spending since World War II, 
everyone in the Netherlands seems to have a strong opinion on what tax 
money should, or should not, be spent on. As a result, large public 
protests have been organized in response to the proposed public 
expenditure reductions in education, healthcare, and culture. None of 
these demonstrations seemed to bear fruit however, giving rise to a 
feeling among Dutch citizens that their voices are not being heard. But 
what would happen when everyone got a say in how public money is 
distributed? Would education, healthcare and culture really benefit from 
such a democratic model? And would the end result be a solid public 
spending policy or a poor compromise?

Questions around value, worth and common ideals simmer under the surface 
of this 'direct democratic game show'. A past performance of /Who Wants 
To Be...?/ resulted in the collective purchase of a woodland, but 
participants have also proposed to fire the host and to simply get their 
money back. Everything is possible in Who Wants To Be...? What is 
certain is that you will have a say in it.

RSVP reservations at v2.nl <mailto:reservations at v2.nl>, be quick, places 
are limited.


*Not an entrance fee: you all decide how to spend the money!



-- 
Joris van Ballegooijen
PR&  Communicatie
V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
+31 (0)10 206 7272
www.v2.nl

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