An interesting stop motion short by animator Corrie Franis Parks – a mesmeric shifting landscape of banknotes and miniscule stones. To wit:
Between the dazzling layers of currency and sand lie connections that can be mined in infinite ways. Each person who views this film will unearth different associations filtered through their worldly experience and national background.
Make of it what you will.
The Bank Of England’s new plastic polymer five pound note, released last month, rigorously tested by this reviewer and used as a record stylus by Michael Ridge.
As part of his 2011 master’s thesis, US design student Travis Purrington reimagined the American dollar, to wit:
…inspired by the Swiss Franc’s (CHF) ambitious redesign process (the currency is thoroughly redesigned every 20 years by way of contest) The goal was to develop a similar updated iconographic system better representing the advancements and culture within the American society. This particular series plays on themes of human discovery and endeavors to connect achievement, theory and the fundamental properties of life.
Different sized bills? No dead presidents? Nice try, buddy.
More detail here.
Seamas O’Reilly writes:
“Watching Straight Outta LA, Ice Cube’s documentary about the Oakland Raiders. Late on, Cube conveys hip hop becoming a worldwide business at the end of the eighties by depicting himself on three global currencies; a hundred dollar bill, some yen, and ten of the aul fellas. Those first few punts must have meant a lot to him…”
Collage artist Mark Wagner sets to work on the US dollar bill. Sez he:
Anarchists are certain that I’m an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor. Capitalists think I am a capitalist because I revel in it.
Will it never end?
Niall O’Keefe writes:
The pound/punt argument rumbles on… with added notes… (At Centra, Drumcondra [Dublin]
In the five years since its invention, the unregulated currency has risen in value from $0.14 to over $100, due largely to financial crises in Cyprus and elsewhere.
For those who don’t know what it’s all about, here’s what it’s all about.
The Complete History Of Bitcoin – The Revolutionary Currency (Daily Dot)
Bunch of5s is a single-serving website wherein the image of Queen Elizabeth II on the Australian five-dollar note is lovingly ‘re-faced’.
At a cost of five dollars each time, presumably.
Voting With Your Pocketbook – a new work by US artist Mark Wagner.
Wagner’s currency collages (all, like zombie-ass Romney and Obama above, composed entirely of snippets taken from one dollar bills) are something to behold.
See them here.
