»Face Value« 
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© 2016, Elke Reinhuber, VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Face Value, installed at SCM, Hong Kong
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Photographic prints, iPadMethod
AR enhanced macro photography
Descriptions & Essays
Elke Reinhuber 25-07-2021
Dead Presidents, deceased dictators, passed poets and reigning sovereigns – they watch us daily, as we swap goods for labor-power, as we sell commodities and buy resources, as we hawk dues and invest in securities, as we barter mining rights for dumps and pass printed paper for vouchers, tickets, coupons, slips and receipts, ever so lightly tickled by Adam Smith’s invisible fingers. My prints of the “ Face Value” series are enlargements of eyes from the 'heroes' on banknotes from various countries. The text and figures you find with an augmented reality app are quotes from specialists on finance and graphs of different situations, all connected to the person portrayed.
The first series consists of international notes such as Korea, Japan, UK, Singapore, USA and Vietnam, whereas the second series depicts only banknotes which were replaced by the common European currency Euro
Elke Reinhuber: Face Value, 25-07-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Dead Presidents, deceased dictators, passed poets and reigning sovereigns – they watch us daily, as we swap goods for labor-power, as we sell commodities and buy resources, as we hawk dues and invest in securities, as we barter mining rights for dumps and pass printed paper for vouchers, tickets, coupons, slips and receipts, ever so lightly tickled by Adam Smith’s invisible fingers. My prints of the “ Face Value” series are enlargements of eyes from the 'heroes' on banknotes from various countries. The text and figures you find with an augmented reality app are quotes from specialists on finance and graphs of different situations, all connected to the person portrayed.
The first series consists of international notes such as Korea, Japan, UK, Singapore, USA and Vietnam, whereas the second series depicts only banknotes which were replaced by the common European currency Euro
Literature
Reinhuber, Elke. »Face Value – the Artistic Value of Currencies.« In Virtualities and Realities . New Experiences, Art and Ecologies in Immersive Environments, edited by Rasa Šmite and Raitis Šmits. Liepāja: RIXC/Mākslas pētījumu laboratorija, Liepāja Universitāte, 2019.
Krämer, Harald; Howe, Daniel; Chung, Kyle, ed. Elke Reinhuber: Face Value in
CULTURAL R>EVOLUTION, ISEA 2016 Catalogue, p.238-241. Hong Kong: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 2016.
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