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Worshiping Mammon originated with a spending spree. In the fall of 2004, an ex-girlfriend of mine totaled the second of two of my cars she managed to wreck that year. Feeling reluctant to re-invest the insurance check into another car, I instead bought a jalopy and made a list of all the stuff I ‘d really like to have, but couldn’t afford out of necessity. Within a few months, I bought everything on the list. This body of work is the end result: the combination of my object lust, guilt, and obsession.

Currency Collage Mosaics:

 

 

Videos:

The Artist's Present Rate of Spending in Real Time - 09/01/2005

Looped DVD; TRT: 7:37

a dollar bill burns then repeats as a metronome of personal consumption

 

The Artist's Present Rate of Earning in Real Time - 09/01/2005

Looped DVD; TRT: 11:07

a dollar bill accumulates from ash at the artist's rate of present earning, then reapeats