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The Parasitic Nature of Money: Artistic Reflections on Wealth and Poverty

This project explores the complex relationship between money, art, and societal issues, particularly poverty in Hong Kong. By using mold to grow on banknotes, the artwork symbolizes how money can control and manipulate our lives, turning us into its hosts. Through the lens of Ithaca Hours, we question the viability of alternative currencies in a prosperous society and reflect on our motivations regarding wealth. This ongoing art piece aims to provoke thought about the value of money and its impact on our living standards and mental well-being.

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The Parasitic Nature of Money: Artistic Reflections on Wealth and Poverty

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  1. GE1127 Money & Art Decaying Money LI PUI LAM 53090856

  2. Motivation • Ithaca Hours shows the success of narrowing down the wealth gap • Poverty problem in HK Why Ithaca hours are unworkable in HK? Why the issues of poverty still exist in such a prosperous place? What money is ?? What is the meaning of money to me and to the public??

  3. Motivation To the poor need money to improve their living standard become the slave of money and they are controlled by money

  4. Motivation

  5. Motivation Relationship between money and parasitic property

  6. REFERENCE • Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit Sources: http://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee.html

  7. ART WORK • Incubate Rhizopusnigricans (mold) on the surface of banknote

  8. AIMS 1. Human create money but now they manipulate us. 2. Money seeding on the thought of they are the most essential thing in our life. 3. We become the host of the money and they parasite our physical body and life

  9. ARTWORK IN PROGRESS • TIME LASPE THE GROWTH OF FUNGI ON MONEY • RECORD THE FEELING OF AUDIENCE AFTER WATCHING • VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRBiOyYkylE&feature=youtu.be

  10. After watching…… • visually show the power of money in parsitic human's mind • reflect the origin of money and yourposition to money

  11. PLZ ENJOY THANKS!!

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