Art as Money: 011000010111001001110100 Banknote

"When Bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When Artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money” - Oscar WIlde

In 2010 I started my own Bank as an artist - the Exchanghibition Bank - in times when the government had no money for the Arts, but billions to bail out banks.

A project exploring the Value(s) of Art and Money. A traveling bank booth where people could exchange their Money for our Banknotes of Zero, Infinite, Million, Love, and more.

01100001 01110010 01110100 is binary for ART.

What is the Value of Art in a world which seems to see ‘Value’ mostly as synonymous for ‘financial Value’? Aren’t there so many other Values and isn’t often what we value most ‘priceless’?

Do you want to buy Art as an artifact of beauty and spirituality or as a financial investment?

The first banknote in the Art as Money series that has a glitch in the system. Seems pretty appropriate in times when our financial institutions are (once again) crumbling...