A few days ago I posted about Banksy’s stunt at the Sotheby’s auction, in which his art piece supposedly self-shredded after being sold. The media explosion (including my own darned V.Note) has settled, and after the dust has cleared, I see very little that is worthy of our attentions here.
The whole thing has a hoaxy feel. It’s likely nothing was destroyed, and the event was just a spectacle. Sotheby’s was surely all in, and the shenanigan definitely earned a lot of money.
I’m disappointed, and honestly, I feel a little stupid to have been part of the fervor.
Banksy, I’m unfriending you. If you want to sell out, sell out, but I wish you’d sold out better. This just feels empty, and insulting.
Speaking of shredded money, did you know you can obtain shredded US currency for artistic purposes?
Shredded Currency
Shredded currency is available through the BEP. Small amounts, as pre-packaged novelty souvenirs, are available for sale in the Washington, DC and Fort Worth visitor centers. Five pound bags of shredded currency can be purchased in our online store and in the Washington, DC visitor center.
Larger amounts of shredded currency for use in artistic or commercial purposes will need to be obtained from a Federal Reserve bank; and written approval from the Chief, Office of Compliance, is required before a Federal Reserve bank will consider honoring currency residue requests.
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. MUTATUS MUTANDIS 1 : with the necessary changes …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7362″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sometimes I Google dumb things. For instance, I was wondering if I felt like doing a study of cloth in linocut. Instead of hanging a towel from a nail in the wall and lighting it, I armchaired my idea and Googled it. I was looking for pictures of hanging …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9700″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Topophilia (From Greek topos “place” and -philia, “love of”) is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place. Today is the second of a series of Topophilia Creative Exercises, this …
Sellout Better
A few days ago I posted about Banksy’s stunt at the Sotheby’s auction, in which his art piece supposedly self-shredded after being sold. The media explosion (including my own darned V.Note) has settled, and after the dust has cleared, I see very little that is worthy of our attentions here.
The whole thing has a hoaxy feel. It’s likely nothing was destroyed, and the event was just a spectacle. Sotheby’s was surely all in, and the shenanigan definitely earned a lot of money.
I’m disappointed, and honestly, I feel a little stupid to have been part of the fervor.
Banksy, I’m unfriending you. If you want to sell out, sell out, but I wish you’d sold out better. This just feels empty, and insulting.
Speaking of shredded money, did you know you can obtain shredded US currency for artistic purposes?
Shredded currency is available through the BEP. Small amounts, as pre-packaged novelty souvenirs, are available for sale in the Washington, DC and Fort Worth visitor centers. Five pound bags of shredded currency can be purchased in our online store and in the Washington, DC visitor center.
Larger amounts of shredded currency for use in artistic or commercial purposes will need to be obtained from a Federal Reserve bank; and written approval from the Chief, Office of Compliance, is required before a Federal Reserve bank will consider honoring currency residue requests.
https://www.bep.gov/
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