Money as Art: The Form, the Material and CapitalCostas Lapavitsas (SOAS, University of London)
Health Sciences 3 (HS3) Room 407
La Trobe University
Melbourne
Australia
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Benjamin observed that certain forms of money, such as ancient Greek coins, are a form of ‘mechanically reproduced’ art that lacks an ‘aura’. This paper shows that the artistic dimension of Greek coins derives from their ‘moneyness’ rather than from their beauty. By the same token, all forms of money possess an artistic dimension that is interwoven with money’s economic function. Money is a peculiar and even ancient form of art because it is the independent form of value which represents and symbolises a vast array of relations. The form and the material of money itself are of paramount importance in this respect: metallic coin, for instance, has a different artistic aspect to paper money. The emergence of dematerialised money expands the scope for money’s symbolic and representational functioning in art of relations ruled by capital.
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April 12, 2016, 7:45pm +10:00
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