‘Our definition of play is to deliberately break the rules and invent our own, thus freeing creative activity from restrictions, to redesign aesthetic and revolutionary actions that undermine or elude social control.’ (CutUp, 2006)

CutUp are a London based group of artists linked by a shared desire to reorder the urban landscape through intervention and play. CutUp’s practice incorporates collage, film and installation and focuses largely on the creative potential of the street as a site for interventionist art and disruption.

CutUp’s belief in utilising existing materials on the street led to ideas of changing posters and objects without adding anything new – recycling what was there already. They believe that the use of existing media is the only way to comment upon it or challenge it. They are interested in the idea of the ‘street as a stage’ for intervention or creative activity as determined by Walter Benjamin and later the Situationists. They aim to introduce elements of disquiet into the urban everyday and comment on ideas of creation formed from destruction, order from disorder and the potential for interruption that is inherent within the existing imagery of a modern metropolis.

Artist website: http://www.cutupcollective.com