Vijay Patel - Pull the Trigger After Hours

Artist, former Shopkeeper & neurodivergent access consultant Vijay Patel joined us for Transactionland’s opening party, leading an an evening exploring Indian corner shops, the histories of migrant-run retail & tips on the values of hard work + saving money. This was an interactive version of their 2016-20 solo touring show Pull the Trigger.  

Transactionland customers/visitors/audience/shoppers were quizzed on their shopping habits, placing their answers inside cardboard crisp boxes. The Christmas cards always needed reorganising. The night was interspersed with audio recordings from Vijay’s dad, talking about the Ugandan Asian Expulsion, and his shop in London (where Vijay worked whilst making and touring the show). 

Of course, the night ended with a dance in a custom crisp-packet dress. 

Transactionland is open!