Wertschöpfungspapier [coin] + [broken chain]
2024
UV print on handmade paper from devalued euro banknotes, spreader bar, nipple clamps, carabiner, eyebolt, plaster
130 x 200 x 15 cm
exhibition
night of uncertainty, group show, max goelitz, Munich, 2024

An enlarged coin emoji combines the inscription “the crazy ones” with a seemingly falling American eagle. Visually recalling both the US dollar and cryptocurrencies, it links established monetary authority with speculative digital economies and the rhetoric of technological disruption. The motif reveals how conventional and digital currencies alike depend on collective belief, despite their claim to represent fundamentally different systems of value.


The broken chain emoji connects the decentralized promise of blockchain technology with disrupted supply chains and value chains. Its internal contradiction—a chain defined by its own rupture—places technological continuity alongside material dependency and systemic collapse. Value appears here as something sustained only for as long as circulation remains intact.




[photo]
Dirk Tacke