Class – a statement

Common/Wealth would like to make clear that we are not involved in ‘The Elephant in the room’ led by Ellie Harrison. Common/Wealth does not endorse it despite the event having

1. the same title as Common/Wealth’s event CLASS the elephant in the room
2. using the same image of a person dressed in an elephant costume
3. having the same focus as the project -ie socio-economics and art
4. being scheduled after Common/Wealth’s event

Both the artist, Ellie Harrison and producer, Create London have denied any prior knowledge of our performance CLASS the elephant in the room, and assert that any similarity is a “coincidence”. We leave it to others to draw their conclusion as to the truth of any such assertion on the part of the artist/producer.

Common/Wealth would like to make clear that we would not use a term or mechanism as “means-tested incentive” in any of our work, because such a concept does not represent the values of what we stand for. We believe in a universal and inclusive approach to reducing inequality.

We will continue to develop our original idea CLASS the elephant in the room across the UK as planned.