"On the Shoulders of Giants",
A Crypto-currency art installation
December 2014, New York City
The world opening of Nili Lerner art installation will feature pieces depicting NILIcoin crypto-currency. The exhibition will be held at the Bitcoin Center at 40 Broad Street in NYC, with opening reception on January 8, 2015.
The art show is featuring Coca-Cola Coin ICOKE and Disney Coin IDISNEY, which are the first of 10 NILIcoins, created as art to demonstrate and promote the idea of a decentralized monetary system based on cryptocurrency. "The coins which I issue are tradable coins, however, these
coins are not backed by the companies they depict. As an artist, I am using a mental
recognition of the visual image of each brand to paint a clear vision of the complex
reality I wish to represent. It is my intention to illustrate a system which can become a viable
and sustainable alternative to the monopoly of bank credit" said Nili Lerner. The coins are listed on
bitcointalk forum as a topic and exist as art on the forum’s announcements platform:
NILIcoins Art-coins
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pre-ann-nili-nilicoins-art-coins-782161 Coca-cola Coin
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-icoke-coca-cola-coin-798131 Disney Coin .
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-idisney-disney-coin-802673 “We are excited to have Nili hold her world premier of her concept art at our headquarters located a few steps from the New York Stock Exchange. The art exhibited will be for sale using crypto-currency only. Additionally, a proprietary blockchain technology will be utilized to track of each piece of work" said Benjamin Young of the Bitcoin Center, NYC.
About the artist: Nili Lerner is an established painter and a conceptual artist living and working in New York City, New York and in Tel-aviv, Israel. Since 2008 she has participated in projects dealing with the concept of money ,using real money and creating currency as art. In 2009 she used twitter as her medium of art, creating pieces constructed of tweets. The account was deleted after 6 months as part of the concept. The Nilicoins project is intentionally bringing both experiences into the workspace as a visualized economy system made in real life using Money and Social Network as the medium of creation. Nili has been working as a scenic artist in the movie industry. Her movie credits include Sherlock Holmes, Sex and the City, Men in Black, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
About the Center: The Bitcoin Center NYC is based in the financial district of New York City, next to the New York Stock Exchange. It was founded in the beginning of 2014 with the purpose of educating people about bitcoin and encouraging the trade of cryptocurrency. It has goals to become the first regulated exchange in the world. The center currently promotes bitcoin through a host of events, such as Satoshi Square, music festivals, lectures, and movies.
Contacts:
Nili Lerner
email:
[email protected] Bitcoin Center
40 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 660-0007
http://bitcoincenternyc.com