ART AND THE BOUNCY BANKER

Bullrider is doing some soul searching (but not too much).

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:37:00 +0000

Headline: Art O'Connor bemused by Republican Presidential Nominee.

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:36:00 +0000

Art O'Connor and Bullrider address BREXIT

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:33:00 +0000

Bullrider—The Squeaky Floorboard

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:55:00 +0000

Bullrider 14.13 Mr. Bullrider has strong views concerning graffiti

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:29:00 +0000

Bullrider 13.13 Art is Digging Himself Another Hole When Bullrider Flies by...

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:36:00 +0000

Bullrider 12.13 Mr. Bullrider Comes Up With a Brilliant New Revenue Stream

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:49:00 +0000

Bullrider 11.13 Mr. Bullrider Checks Out (for the afternoon)

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:59:00 +0000

The Art Reserve Bank, Amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:43:00 +0000

My good friend Ron is a director of The Art Reserve Bank, in Amsterdam, a truly innovative attempt to re-examine the quantities that are money, art, or banks. Please visit and if inhibited by the Dutch language there is a translate button supplied.

Bullrider 10.13 Mr. Bullrider hears his Conscience

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:06:00 +0000

Bullrider 9.13 Mr. Bullrider loves his job. It's so easy!

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:01:00 +0000

Bullrider Pull Toy

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:26:00 +0000

Bullrider 8.13 Too Big to Fail and yet strangely vulnerable.

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:01:00 +0000

Actual Letter to The Bank from an 86 Year Old Woman

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:50:00 +0000

A friend received the following in an email and forwarded to me, and now I share it with you as received:

Elder Banking... PRICELESS!!

Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman.

The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it
published in the New York Times.
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Dear Sir:

I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month.

By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it..

I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire pension, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years.

You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.

My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally answer your telephone calls and letters, --- when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.

From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person.

My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.

Be aware that it is an OFFENSE under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope.

Please find attached an Application Contact which I require your chosen employee to complete.

I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative.

Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof.

In due course, at MY convenience, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me.

I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service.

As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let me level the playing field even further.

When you call me, press buttons as follows:

IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIALING, PRESS THE STAR (*) BUTTON FOR ENGLISH

#1. To make an appointment to see me

#2. To query a missing payment.

#3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.

#4 To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.

#5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.

#6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.

#7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required.

Password will be communicated to you at a later date to that Authorized Contact mentioned earlier.

#8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through

#9. To make a general complaint or inquiry.

The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service.

#10. This is a second reminder to press* for English.

While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call.

Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement.

May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New Year?

Your Humble Client

And remember:
Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to piss us off.

Bullrider 7.13 Art is not bitter...just very frustrated.

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:00 +0000

The Numchuk Dance (with thanks to C. Stratton at 9beachfilms.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:22:00 +0000

Bullrider 6.13 A Silent Protest

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:13:00 +0000

For some reason this strip slowed me down, like a mountain with a difficult pass, but we are done and moving on once more.

Flight (Installation and Performance) featuring Art O'Connor and Bullrider

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:09:00 +0000

Art tries in vain to access an ATM

A nearby confession booth offers some relief from the travails of the world

Heavy surveillance at the Nastibank

Installation Shot

One of the few known paintings authored by Art O'Connor

Bullrider 5.13 How Bonuses Get The Creative Juices Flowing

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:26:00 +0000

Bullrider (Art and the Bouncy Banker) 4.13 Bullrider goes for a walk...

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:04:00 +0000

Bullrider 3.13. Bullrider observes a small protest outside the bank

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:09:00 +0000

How Uptown Money Kills Downtown Art (from the Village Voice)

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:55:00 +0000

Art by William Powhida

An article in the Village Voice addressing just a few of the issues that muddy the world of Art when finance and money run the show

Bullrider 2.13. This Bank Manager has a Special Way With His Clients!!

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:30:00 +0000

Bullrider 1.13 (Art and the Bouncy Banker)

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:33:00 +0000

Real Letters To The Bank

noreply@blogger.com (Bruxist) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:01:00 +0000

Real Letters to The Bank Mark Greif, New York Times, 9/16/12

As a writer of letters to a fictional bank manager I was thrilled to see these very real letters to the banks reproduced in the New York Times this past weekend. Thanks to Mark Greif, N + 1, OWS and Occupy The Boardroom, and the writers of all these heartfelt letters. Click on link to see more. I propose an annual public reading of real letters to the banks, nationwide, perhaps on anniversary of the collapse of Lehmann Brothers, or Occupy. Last year I read my own fictional letters at the old Morgan Bank on Wall Street. Click here for more