Communique from the Fine Line Art Collective (FLAC)
Date: 3rd Feb 2010
Address: Old Steine, Brighton
Tel: 01273 821118

In the small hours of this morning the Brighton branch of The Royal
Bank of Scotland fell foul of a FLAC attack.

We claim full credit for the free public art installation of a fat red
and black line of gloss paint on the floor across the doorway of the
bank.

The black paint signifies RBS oil investments and the red paint, the
lives that will be lost to climate change.

Black paint was applied to the cash point to create the impression of
oil ousing from the unstoppable money machine. This illustrate the
filthy nature of this banks activities. We also proved we CAN stop a
small cog in the machine. When we want to.

FLAC - the Fine Line Arts Collective - has used this publicly owned
space - bought with tax payers money - to pose the question: "Where do
we draw the line?"

Today FLAC members drew the line at RBS because...

RBS has financed companies involved in tar sands extraction to the
tune of £8.3 billion. RBS is the UK's biggest financier of one of the
dirtiest projects on Earth.

This is destroying the Canadian wilderness, forcing the indigenous
people off their lands and creating the biggest C02 emitter in the
world.

FLAC says: "RBS deserves to take some flack for that.And don't get us
started on Chairman Sir Fred's £16 million pension, not to mention the
bankers' £1million plus bonuses.

"We all have to draw the line somewhere. We draw the line at RBS
using our money to destroy our planet and our future for private
private gain. Where do you draw the line?"

Artists notes.

FLAC used gloss paint for this action to signify the permanence of the
bank's destructive activities.

FLAC members hope other artists will feel inspired to draw a line at
their own local branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Or indeed any
other bank that consistently invests in human suffering and ultimately
our demise.

Or draw your line wherever your sense of outrage deems fit.