GOING PUBLIC
2018
INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS David Brazier www.brazierfree.com
goingpublic2018@gmail.com
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
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Dear Investor, In the field of art, the phrase ‘Going Public’ brings to mind the practice of art in the public realm. It might suggest participatory or social practice that engages the public as its modus operendi. It may also imply the merger of art and life, allowing art to have traction in the real world. In the world of commerce, however, ‘Going Public’ refers to a private company's ‘initial public offering’, or IPO. It is where a company will make its stock available to the public for the first time, thus becoming a publicly traded and owned entity. As director and chairperson of this practice it is with great pleasure that I announce the time has come to bring these two forms of ‘Going Public’ together. The board and I feel that investment now, comes at an opportune moment with this practice at the culmination of a rigorous stage of research and development. Your investment will support the completion of this vital stage, bringing to the public this exciting socially engaged practice. This is therefore an opportunity not only to invest, but to participate in a portfolio which promises a unique rate of return. Being accredited with the practice’s achievements pays you dividends in both symbolic and social capital all the while your share accrues monetary value. As a shareholder, your opinion is highly valued by the practice and its board, and you will be encouraged to participate in the important decisions it makes in the immediate future. As a 51% shareholder, I will work with you to ensure the practice maintains its trajectory. The board’s ambitions over the next two years are impressive and together we can bring them to realisation. This prospectus details the Industry and practice’s background, information on the board and investment overview. Investors should regard ‘Going Public’ as an exciting participatory investment proposition. I encourage you to read this Prospectus carefully before making your investment decision. I look forward to welcoming you as a shareholder of this practice. Yours sincerely,
David Brazier
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INVESTMENT OVERVIEW- DETAILS OF THE OFFER
3 Going Public looks to make an initial public offering of 49% of David Brazier’s socially engaged practice for a 2 year period between 5th December 2018 and 5th December 2020.
49% Going Public
51% David Brazier
Each share constitutes 1% of the practice and is valued at AU$100, giving the practice a total valuation of AU$10,000.
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Each shareholder will receive dividends in the symbolic capital that the practice generates, with their name reproduced as a footnote every time David’s name is mentioned in relation to his social practice in written format during the 2 year period. Shareholders will be accredited in reviews, catalogues, publications, websites or any written format where David or his work are mentioned in the period of Going Public. Shareholders will receive quarterly updates into the practice which will detail issues discussed in monthly board meetings. From these updates Shareholders will be encouraged to participate in David’s socially engaged practice.
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INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
Nato Thompson
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‘Socially engaged art is growing and ubiquitous.’
‘As art enters life, the question that will motivate people far more than What is art? Is the much more metaphysically relevant and pressing What is life?’
‘The call for art into life at this particular moment in history implies both an urgency to matter as well as a privileging of the lived experience.'
‘In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing movement of artists choosing to engage with timely issues by expanding their practice beyond the safe confines of the studio and right in to the complexity of the unpredictable public sphere.’ Claire Bishop
Anne Pasternak
‘‘[…] a surge in artistic interest in collectivity, collaboration and direct engagement in specific social constituencies […] less likely to be works, than social events, publications, workshops, or performances’
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Pablo Helguera
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‘[…] the making of the artist whose speciality includes working with society in a professional capacity.’ ‘What characterises socially engaged art is its dependence on social intercourse as a factor of its existence.'
Grant Kester
Tom Finkelpearl
‘[…] art that's socially engaged, where the social interaction is at some level the art’
Maria Lind
‘[…] attempt to reconstruct or recover the lost ideal of an art that is integrated with, rather than alienated from, the social’ ‘At the core of social practice is the urge to reformulate the traditional relationship between the work and the viewer, between production and consumption, sender and receiver’
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BACKGROUND OF THE PRACTICE
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‘David’s projects combine an innovative use of social forms and gestures with a very focused sense of political inquiry. While they are not “political” in terms of activism, their interest lies in the narration of highly specific moments of social and economic power set in a context of globalization. At times, this included an examination of the artists own power, which leads to a very complex set of works.’ Ted Purves
David is currently a PhD candidate at Curtin University, Western Australia where he is researching a critical labour practice for the socially engaged artist. In the past, his social practice has seen him work with a variety of professionals ranging from security guards to a psychic medium, a death metal band to Japanese hula dancers. His works frequently facilitate participation of the public and provide provocation into the nature of artist labour today. David gained his MA from Goldsmiths College in London. He has been awarded high profile residencies including KHOJ New Delhi through the British Council and Australia Council, ARCUS Japan, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wales, Gertrude Contemporary Melbourne as well as an associateship at Delfina Foundation London.
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He has taught MFA Social Practice students at California College of the Arts, has had his work reviewed in Frieze Magazine, featured in the ‘Urban Performance’ edition of Kunstforum International and has received a write up in the book ‘What We Want is Free: Critical Exchanges in Recent Art’ (Purves and Selzer). The next stage of David’s practice will see him complete his PhD in 2019. ‘Going Public’ marks the culmination of David’s PhD research. Investment in ‘Going Public’ will provide Shareholders an exciting opportunity to participate in a socially engaged art practice and to critically reflect on what it now means to ‘work’ as an artist.
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BOARD
9 Dr Kit Messham-Muir is an art theorist, educator and researcher. He is the Lead Investigator on the 'Art in Conflict' project, a three-year ARC linkage project in partnership with the Australian War Memorial and the National Trust (NSW), with a team of researchers from University of Melbourne, University of NSW and University of Manchester. Since 1997, he has taught art history at universities in Australia and Hong Kong and is currently Associate Professor in Art at the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Western Australia.
Dr Bruce Slatter is the Discipline Lead of Art within the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry. Curtin University, Western Australia. Bruce completed his BA (Fine Art) in 1992, Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) in 1997, Bachelor of Arts (Art) (Honours) in 2000 and a Master of Arts (Art) in 2003. He has a PhD (Art) from RMIT University. Bruce has held solo exhibitions at Galerie Dusseldorf and exhibited in many group exhibitions. His work is included the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank, Bankwest Art Collection and others. Dr Lucas Ihlein is ARC DECRA Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the School of The Arts, English and Media, Wollongong University. He uses a creativepractice based research methodology (including blogging, printmaking, public events, and scholarly publication) to explore complex environmental management issues, with a particular focus on Australian agriculture. His current research project: Sugar vs the Reef – Socially Engaged Art and Urgent Environmental Problems is the focus of his ARC DECRA Fellowship from 2016-18.
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