Nicky Enright, The Globo, 2008 - present
Printed bills, framed prints, real bills in case on pedestal

the globo

The Globo is a universal currency.  A fusion of the legal tender of over twenty-five countries, the Globo evokes a vision of world unity and progress, while simultaneously suggesting the ever-increasing reach of corporate globalization.
 
The Globo evokes unity and confronts exploitation by making the adoption of the first-ever international minimum wage theoretically possible. The Globo is a performance piece as well as an intervention into the real-world economy. They exist as large framed prints and as actual bills that I use and distribute, sparking disbelief and debate.
 
The Globo represents the abstraction that underlies all money, and emphasizes the need to transform the stark inequalities of a globalized labor force.

globos

globo case


Globo Links:

CoinDesk
Ante Mag
Video by The Wall Street Journal
Article in The Wall Street Journal
Globos stolen from World Bank exhibition
Forbes
Art in Odd Places (interview)
AiOP Globo Exchange
10 Ways to Build Global Cooperation
Olympia (Greece)
Finance.Nine (Australia)
MIT Courseware (@ 22 min.)
The Dollar Redesign Project
Upcoming Globo (Crypto) Ecosystem


The Globo Exhibition History:

-2019, Pelham Art Center, NYC, "IN/FLUX"
-2019, East Village Art View, "Art is Money"
-2014, Art in Odd Places, NYC, "Globo Exchange"
-2014, Emerson Gallery Berlin, Germany, "Ecuador trifft Berlin"
-2013, NURTUREart, NYC, "Cashing Out"
-2012, University of Maryland University College, "Vista: Contemporary Works by Latin American Artists"
-2012, The World Bank, Washington DC, "About Change"
-2010, Exit Art, NYC, "Global National"
-2009, The Ice Box, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "Diálogo"
-2009, Exit Underground, NYC, "America for Sale"
-2008, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NYC, "SynThesis"




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