Based on a market stall, Trading was a game that got people talking to each other. Players picked a topic from a Lucky Dip and were instructed to converse with someone they didn't know about their randomly-chosen subject.

Trading offered various topics on 2,000 day-glo flyers, all backed by a soundtrack of 40 talk-related songs. The stall also worked as a noticeboard for all players - they returned and displayed their flyer to show the conversation they had performed. This gradually evolved into a spectacle for onlookers, echoing the importance of connections between people.

Presented as part of Bow Festival's Roman Road party and commissioned by Space Studios.

The Trading Playlist
You Talk Too Much - Run DMC
Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman
Too Nice To Talk To - The English Beat
You Talk Way Too Much - The Strokes
TalkTalk-TalkTalk - Talk Talk
Talking In Your Sleep - Martine McCutcheon
Talk is Cheap - The Toasters
Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
Lets Talk About Sex - Salt n Pepper
I don't want to talk about it - Rod Stewart
How Do You Talk To An Angel - Richard Marx
Talk About The Passion - REM
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Willie Nelson
Talking loud and clear - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
You Talking To Me - Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver
Look Who's Talking - Jim Reeves & Dottie West
Never Talking to You Again - Husker Du
Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
Talking with Myself - Electribe 101
Pillow Talk - Doris Day
Don't talk just kiss - Right Said Fred
Talk about it - Disco
Jive Talking - Bee Gees
Talking In Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle
Talk Is Cheap - Comeback Kid
Yakety Yak Don't Talk Back - Coasters
We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richards
Can I Talk to You - Cassidy
Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
You talk too much - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker
Jesus, I Need To Talk To You - Boxcar Willie
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Billie Holiday (with Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald)
Can You Hear Me When I Talk To You - Ashley Gearing
Talkin' bout you - Animals
Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
Don't Talk - 10,000 Maniacs
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - Beach Boys
Girls Talk - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Let Them All Talk - Elvis Costello