€ Banknotes Bombing

Greek artist Stefanos has developed an interesting way to express his dissatisfaction with European institutions.

His intervention involves altering banknotes, painting distressing figures in black ink, emblematic of the situation facing his country. The altered banknotes are then scanned for documentation and put back into circulation.

In an interview, he stated:

Observing the euro banknote landscapes one notices a lack of any reality, whatsoever for the last five years the crumbling greek economy has hatched violence and social decay – so, I decided to fuse these two things. Through hacking the banknotes I’m using a european a document, that is in cross-border circulation, including greece – thus, the medium allows me to ‘bomb’ public property from the comfort of my home.

Altri esempi sono visibili qui.

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