Low-Budget Projects concerns the precarious aspect of the everyday politics of freelance life, such as the stress of an unpaid bill or rent, an overdue visa application fee or invoice, a rejected or unanswered funding proposal, an imbalance of many side jobs with temporary or no contracts, a negotiation with an employer for fair paid hours, and many more.
The second circulation of Low-Budget Projects‘ VAT Free bags aims to explore the question “How do we, artists and cultural workers, make our work possible?”. The zines are to be found within the replicas of blue envelopes sent by the Dutch Tax Administration, archiving and distributing narratives about the alternative models of financial organisation being built to sustain cultural practices on a daily basis, aiming to make them visible, important, and valuable outcomes of work.