by Sylwia Lysko.
Despite the appearance of being a ready-made, this is no ordinary suitcase. This object with its easily readable inscription CREDIT is an incitement to action. This is not the first time that the Swiss artist Johannes Burr has engaged in performative field studies, turning bystanders into active agents or even directors of his video performances.
by Margrit Kennedy.
We all spend most of our days either earning or spending money. It is as essential to our survival as air, food and water, since in our culture hardly anyone is capable of being self-sufficient anymore. But what actually is money?
by Joaquim Melo.
Banco Palmas was the first Brazilian communitarian bank, opened in January 1998 in the Conjunto Palmeira, a poor district with 32 000 inhabitants, situated in the south of Fortaleza – CE, northeastern Brazil. In 1973, the first inhabitants came from expropriations conducted in the city coastal area.
by Margrit Kennedy.
40 percent of the Brazilian population is below the age of fifteen, hence, there is a great problem regarding education. At the time of the privatisation of the cellular communications industry some years ago, it was decided to introduce a one percent fee on all phone bills and to use these for educational purposes. This gave rise to the idea of “Saber” – an education complementary currency designed for young, underprivileged people.
Lecture and conversation with Franz Galler on 5 July 2012 at Nextex, St. Gallen, Switzerland, on the topic: “Why don’t we just print our own money?”
