Burn a Million Quid - K Foundation
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(Depression 2.0 thread) roundabout -
"I watch a Russian bloke on TV last night buy a 6 month old Porsche Cayman which cost 58K new, for 10K at an auction for people that have gone bankrupt. The guy was smiling like a fucking champ driving out of the auction house"
I think this artwork is questioning the actual value of tangible objects which are merely "signifiers" for the abstract concept of currency.
What is the true value of objects?
I thin a lot of people were pissed off at the thought of money being "wasted", however, if, for example these notes were not legal tender... what is their actual value?
The Chapman Brothers did a similar thing where the got willing people to que and have their banknotes doodled on, then signed.
However, by defacing the notes, made them illegal tender and, in theory worthless.
But with a "superstar" artist artwork and signature on them...
How does this affect the value if the physical object (the banknote)?
- Questioning the value of money (bank notes) is always interesting.Anders