Melanie Gilligan is an artist and writer based in London and New York. Gilligan has written for magazines and journals such as Texte zur Kunst, Mute, Artforum, and Grey Room. In 2008 Gilligan released “Crisis in the Credit System”, a four-part fictional mini drama about the recent financial crisis, made specifically for internet viewing. Her most recent serial video works Popular Unrest and also “Self-Capital” both looked at the current state of politics post-economic crisis. In artist talk Melanie Gilligan introduced her creative work.