http://blog.art21.org/2009/07/13/flash-points-arteconomics-looking-back-moving-forward/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS series Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:02:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.art21.org/2009/07/13/flash-points-arteconomics-looking-back-moving-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-12380 Shane Mecklenburger Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:43:45 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=6565#comment-12380 I've been performing an ongoing experiment in the value of conceptual art called "___ As Money", a series where I sell ideas on eBay. The Future sold for $23.50, Love sold for $76, and Education sold for $115. Culture had no bidders, and the only bidder for Wealth backed out after winning the auction in October of 2008. It isn't about making money (if I'm lucky I break even on it). Instead the project foregrounds the way ideas like these are packaged and sold to us all the time by the ad industry, and I'm also exploring how arbitrary & capricious market valuation can be. http://tinyurl.com/pd2592 I’ve been performing an ongoing experiment in the value of conceptual art called “___ As Money”, a series where I sell ideas on eBay. The Future sold for $23.50, Love sold for $76, and Education sold for $115. Culture had no bidders, and the only bidder for Wealth backed out after winning the auction in October of 2008. It isn’t about making money (if I’m lucky I break even on it). Instead the project foregrounds the way ideas like these are packaged and sold to us all the time by the ad industry, and I’m also exploring how arbitrary & capricious market valuation can be. http://tinyurl.com/pd2592

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