With few paying entry level jobs available in the industry, frustrated aspiring artists, curators and critics are finding common ground in the in the visitor services department. Our mission is to publish an anthology of essays, poems, anecdotes, photographs and the like that explore the joys and trials of working on the art world’s literal and metaphorical floor. We know that docents live a hybrid existence, enjoying the privilege of spending hours in the company of great art, and cursing the job’s sometimes physical and mental monotony; and we hope to create an anthology that reflects all facets of the docent experience.

We need to raise £1500 in order to pay our participants and cover our initial printing and distribution fees. Though we are planning to make our project available via a print-to-order service, this strategy still requires an up-front deposit. By donating you will be giving a voice to those of us who spend most of our days standing in silence.