Ars Electronica Festival · 2011
MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2011
Christin Lahr's “MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL” was honoured with an Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica 2011, category Hybrid Art.
Since May 31, 2009, I have been transferring one cent a day to the German Federal Ministry of Finance, thus helping to counter the growing mountain of debt in homeopathic doses. In the „reason for payment“ field, I always write 108 characters from _Capital: A Critique of Political Economy_ by Marx.
About Christin Lahr
Christin Lahr (DE) was born in 1965. She lives and works as an artist, curator and professor of media art in Berlin and Leipzig. Since finishing her studies at the Berlin University of the Arts, she has received numerous scholarships and awards, as well as…
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