"Terrible Store of Value" by @cryptograffiti "Over the years, there has been countless negative commentary directed toward Bitcoin by central bankers. In January of 2014, Jamie Dimon famously deemed it a "terrible store of value." More recently, he described Bitcoin as a "fraud" despite JP Morgan Chase's own record setting settlements with the Department of Justice for underwriting fraudulent securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. "Terrible Store of Value" counters Dimon's statements while demonstrating the versatility of cryptocurrencies. Dimon is depicted in a disintegrating state, mirroring the public's trust toward traditional banking institutions. The work itself acts as a store of value via an integrated bitcoin wallet. Value can be added, stored and removed from the piece at will without the oversight of any central authority. Furthermore, the artwork is certifiably authentic via the blockchain - one of many innovations brought about by this technology to combat fraud. The provenance of "Terrible Store of Value" has been certified via Verisart where it is permanently and immutably on display. If only Wall Street's motives were this transparent."
"Orange Pilled" by 36.25 in x 36.25 in (92 cm x 92 cm) Compressed tablets and repurposed fiat "Orange Pilled is composed of 1,116 custom-pressed ₿ tablets and 2,765 pieces of repurposed fiat currency. The pills are placebos made from Magnesium Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate and Silicon Dioxide. The fiat circles were hand-punched from the Argentinian Peso, Nigerian Naira, Honduran Lempira, Venezuelan Bolivar, Zimbabwean Dollar, Kyrgyzstani Som, Cambodian Riel, and Mongolian Mongo. Orange Pilled is encased in Optium Acrylic Glazing acrylic - a virtually invisible, double-sided anti-reflective coating used by museums around the world. Optium reduces light reflection to less than 1.6% while providing 99% UV protection. Resting on the bottom of the acrylic enclosure is a prescription bottle which serves as a conversation piece for introducing pre-coiners to Bitcoin. I imagine it stirring up discussion about why Bitcoin is important in many of the countries whose currencies are featured in the artwork."
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