It's Just a Piece of Paper

New idea I have been experimenting with. I am creating these for a show in June and I thought I'd show you these test pieces. They are all cut from orginal bank notes.




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[mikeydread]

I thought there were heavy penalties involved when one defaces paper monies??

[Daniel Silk]

Like it I'm not sure about the A4 piece of paper is the best way to display them, but love the idea.

[dappy]

I like also ... I would just show the left hand sheet ... and not where it came from ... at least not both together ... maybe across the other side of the room ... more powerful ... would also experiment with diff backgrounds.

[jonnyx]

Apr 22, 2012 18:39:33 GMT 1 mikeydread said:

I thought there were heavy penalties involved when one defaces paper monies??

from the original act (currency and bank notes act 1928):

"If any person prints, or stamps, or by any like means impresses, on any bank note any words, letters or figures, he shall, in respect of each offence, be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one pound."

ooooh. scary.

anyway those notes don't look like any kind of sterling i've ever seen.

i do like them though.

[Daniel Silk]

I guess all countries have different sorts of rules on this sort of thing

[jonnyx]

oh yeah totally. not having a pop @ mikeydread at all. (realise it could read that way).

[Daniel Silk]

Imbue might need to make sure of the law before visiting Cuba

[nacional]

Agree about background...imagine this with a shiny gold-leaf type background that would be a, ahem, harsh juxta-position to the message embedded in the piece itself...

[psycho666]

Apr 22, 2012 18:24:06 GMT 1 @imbue said:

I like the idea and really like these shot I've quoted.

If there was a way to have just a single word on a small landscape background, then I think that would look nice... might lose the message though!

Psycho666