You are invited to take part in a ritual to break the spell of financialisation on transaction data.

Most transactions used to take place in cash, and only you and the person you bought from had that information. Nowadays, most transactions are digital and banks are keeping records of everything we buy and monetizing that data by selling it to third parties.

Inspired by the work of Brussels-based collective Desorceler la Finance (Unbewitch Finance), this participatory performance employs visualisation, spell-writing and charms, in an attempt to protect our data.

Lara Luna Bartley is an artist and PhD candidate at the University of the West of England’s Digital Culture Research Centre (DCRC), focused on engaging audiences in debate about the monetary, banking and financial system through participatory art.