the wealth of nations: an attempt to remove every copy from every glasgow library
library books
dimensions variable
2010

an unpleasant vagueness
simultaneously recording and playing tape mechanisms
14 x 7.5”
2010

a remove removed
lamps
dimensions variable
2010

unknown knowns
digital prints
16 x 10.5” each
2010

double bind
signed contracts
8.5 x 11”
2011

a significant zero
pirate radio 104FM
dimensions variable
2011

Katie McCain

Katie McCain received her BFA from Concordia University in 2007. She lives and works in Glasgow.

Statement

The Romanian government, in its attempt to tackle the recession, has passed a new law to impose tax on the practices of witches and fortune-tellers. Witches protested the new tax law by cursing the president and his government, and throwing poisonous mandrake root into the Danube River, so evil will befall them. Since then, Romania has passed another new law affecting witches and fortune-tellers. Practitioners can now be fined or even face prison time if their predictions or spells do not come true.