Inventory are a collective of British artists, writers and art theorists, founded in 1996.
Some of their pieces see them engage in performance art in public spaces.
''Coagulum (Oxford Street)'' in 2000, saw them form into a close group on London's
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as ...
, thus disrupting the flow of pedestrians, before entering a shopping centre and dancing to the piped music. For another piece, they played
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
on
The Mall with a rubber skull, using
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace () is a London royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It ...
and
Admiralty Arch
Admiralty Arch is a landmark building in London providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast. Admiralty Arch, commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his moth ...
as goals.
Other pieces, such as the
installation
Installation may refer to:
* Installation (computer programs)
* Installation, work of installation art
* Installation, military base
* Installation, into an office, especially a religious (Installation (Christianity) Installation is a Christian li ...
''Requiem for the Empty Quarter'' at
The Approach Gallery in
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the common land, Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heat ...
during 2002, used modified and written-upon objects found on the street.
In 2003, Inventory were nominated for the
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures was a British art prize founded by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Beck's beer given to contemporary artists.
Prior to the establishment of the prize in 2000, Beck's had sponsored several exhibitions of con ...
prize.
External links
Inventory's page at the Approach GalleryInventory's website
British performance artists
Arts organizations established in 1996
1996 establishments in the United Kingdom
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