• News
  • About
  • Performance
    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
  • Sound & music
    • MiniFlux (2005)
    • Wrapping (2000)
    • Hook and Eye (1998)
    • Crystalline I, II and III (1997)
    • Shot in the Dark (1996)
    • Tour (1995)
    • Record (1994)
  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
    • Histoire Economique (2011-14)
    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Hayley Newman

Artist, performer, writer, teacher

  • News
  • About
  • Performance
    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
  • Sound & music
    • MiniFlux (2005)
    • Wrapping (2000)
    • Hook and Eye (1998)
    • Crystalline I, II and III (1997)
    • Shot in the Dark (1996)
    • Tour (1995)
    • Record (1994)
  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
    • Histoire Economique (2011-14)
    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Histoire Economique (2011-14)

Between 2014 and 2015 I continued my work as Self-Appointed Artist-in-Residence in the City of London, making around fifty rubbings of the fronts of banks located within the Square Mile. The frottages were made on used envelopes, the things banks send us information about our finances in. The rubbings capture a range of envelopes and building materials while also documenting the locations and names of banks in the City of London. The collection, as seen here, has been scanned and printed as A0 posters.

Image selection:

1) Co-operative Bank, Cheapside

2) Bank of England, Princes Street

3) Bank of China, Princes Street

4) BVA Bank, Cannon Street

Related Works: Common, Crisis Cabaret and Bankspeak

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All works copyright Hayley Newman and their respective authors, 2025