the chogm: who cares? game is a limited edition card game designed to unearth some of the questionable activities reportedly undertaken by (some of) the 54 commonwealth leaders and their governments. each pack contains a set of playing cards including question cards and a visual portfolio of all chogm visiting heads of state. you are invited to 'match a chogm delegate with a dubious deed'. this limited edition artwork was strategically placed around the city during chogm in perth and handed out to members of the public and government officials

.all chogm: who cares? questions were gathered from publically available information online including: indy-media sites, wikipedia, amnesty international and facebook.

2 of the question cards

chogm: who cares? is intended to be a politically playful artwork that raises questions about abuses of power, how countries are run, the darker underbelly of political motives and the irony of political leaders as celebrated role models. amidst the pomp and ceremony, black hawk helicopters and the bomb squads, pvi are keen to provide an alternative perspective to the commonwealth.

with the introduction of the controversial chogm special police powers act [2011], described by the australian lawyers alliance as a "wholesale suspension of human rights", it has been deeply disturbing to discover that spaces for critical voices to be heard have been severely restricted, so we thought it timely to play a game instead…