“The recent cut of 35% in Grants for the Arts – down from £83m to £54m for the year 2007-08 – has been no laughing matter. But a group of artists are getting together on Saturday May 26 on Hackney Marshes to draw attention to the ways artists will be affected at a grass-roots level by the redirection of lottery money to fund the 2012 Olympics. … Grunts for the Arts brings together live artists, theatre-makers, designers, fine artists and sculptors for what is being described as an artists’ sports day that will include events such as handbag hurling, durational knitting, the invisible discus and the high-heel 100m sprint.”