Tag: money

2009 – Marcovici's Single-Datum Visualizations

Vienna artist Michael Marcovici created two physical visualizations that convey a single numerical value. The first one shows one billion dollar - the most expensive piece of art ever made, according to him (although these were actually miniature bills). The second one called Rolex Time Sand shows an entire lifetime worth of hourglass sand. For another single-datum physical visualization see our entry Ceramic Poppies to Commemorate Fallen Soldiers in WW1, and our entry on Chris Burden's […]

Added by: Pierre Dragicevic. Category: Passive physical visualization  Tags: concrete scale, large numbers, money, single-datum, time


2015 – Sicherheit: Switzerland's Money in Bar Charts

This physical bar chart titled Sicherheit (Security) is part of the exhibition Geld – Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Money - Beyond Good and Evil) at the Stapferhaus in Lenzburg, Switzerland. It shows where Switzerland has its money from, where it spends it and how high Switzerland's debt is. Sources: Photo and most of the text above by Peter Gassner. Author of the piece currently unknown, as several studios have been involved in the making of the exhibition.

Added by: Pierre Dragicevic, sent by: Peter Gassner. Category: Passive physical visualization  Tags: data sculpture, debt, money, switzerland