Lessons in Capitalism

Free financial advice, custom pneumatic exchange system, colored pen and pencil on paper.

Caitlin Berrigan addresses financial anxieties with her performance piece and installation “Lessons in Capitalism.” A financial adviser in the gallery solicits questions. She sends them through a tube to an unseen group of children, who write and draw answers. “How can I become more liquid?” is solved in a drawing with an arrow pointing to a soup bowl and an “X” through a stalk of broccoli.

—The Boston Globe (2014)

Special Thanks

Tomashi Jackson

All the financial advisers and their parents

Harvard Student Facilitators

Credits

Pneumatic Tube Engineering: Ethan Kiermaier
Harvard Business School Facilitator: Christine An
Curator: Claire Grace
Commissioned by: Creative Time