The People’s Bank of Govanhill was initiated by artist Ailie Rutherford during a residency at Govanhill Baths in 2015
What began as a series of currency experiments, ad-hoc exchanges and on-the-street discussions has grown into a long term collaborative project, mapping the local economy and expanding ideas of community currency to re-define our ideas of value, worth and distribution.
In 2017 The People’s Bank of Govanhill became a constituted community group, run collectively by a committee with a growing membership of local residents, artists and interested citizens.
Our new exchange space, Swap Market opened in September 2018 providing a space for swapping and sharing resources without the need for money. Swap Market works as a skills and knowledge exchange, workshop space as well as facilitating the exchange of goods, traditions and cultures; a place to work together to find innovative solutions to everyday problems. We work a different kind of stock exchange with our in-store “Swaps and Shares index”. Rather than the financial growth charted by the traditional stock market, we chart the growth of sharing in the local area.
Visit our new Swap Market website at swapmarket.info
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