17.12.20 - 25.04.21 | «CYBERNETICS OF THE POOR» | KUNSTHALLE WIEN | WIEN, ÖSTERREICH

(exhibition publication [MIT Press])

GuiltCoin
2021
Video Installation, Financial Instrument, Performance

GuiltCoin is a thought experiment that explores the intimate relationship between guilt and debt (Schuld/Schuld in German). It seeks to contend with the notion of existential guilt. How is guilt already financialized, instrumentalized? What is its value – and what is value, anyway? How are we relating to each other, emotionally, and how can it be otherwise?

It was first performed at the Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, where museumgoers were invited to meet with “guilt consultants” to explore their existential guilt. The website and associated texts may be viewed at www.guiltcoin.com. Instructions to purchase the cryptocurrency are available at same.

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The Vienna iteration of this work was made in collaboration with Ana de Almeida, Diana Andrei, Carolin M. Brendel, Chandra Esser, Natalia Philomena Jobe, Melanie Sien Min Lyn, Miriam Stoney, Lia Sudermann, and Lucía Ugena.

The New York iteration of this work was made in collaboration with Aislinn McNamara.