Probably and unexpectedly I will be in NY some when
between July 23 and august 11.
When I was looking for an opportunity to make some art
there I found your site. I would like to contribute a series of 42 paintings.
(see below how to show them in NYC) Each of the 42 pictures shows, what is
worth or could be a billion (1 000 000 000) Euro (1 320 000 000 US
value is derived from
value is derived from
currency area and
# from the different costs of same or similar
achievements or products in
different currency areas, to attribute to the rates of exchange.
different currency areas, to attribute to the rates of exchange.
The data, which stand behind the pictures, from the
Internet and other
sources, were investigated for example from the statistic yearbook 2008 of
the statistic federal office. Inaccuracies result from the changing rates of
exchange, which were as far as possible always determined for the proven
year. Annual details indicate the newest available data, which are
accordingly differently old depending upon origin of the data and the
statistic processing. The most important sources are indicated in a source
collection (internet link), which can be requested by the authoress and
painter.
sources, were investigated for example from the statistic yearbook 2008 of
the statistic federal office. Inaccuracies result from the changing rates of
exchange, which were as far as possible always determined for the proven
year. Annual details indicate the newest available data, which are
accordingly differently old depending upon origin of the data and the
statistic processing. The most important sources are indicated in a source
collection (internet link), which can be requested by the authoress and
painter.
See all titles (although not well translated), an
example of pictures with titles and my biography in the attached files.
HOW TO SHOW :
As I can not be there during the exhibition time I want to ask you to exhibit copies of the pictures. If you can sponsor some prints (e.g. in a copy shop) you may print all pictures and all titles and make an exhibition how you like, e.g. simply glued by tape on a wall or a window.
As weel anybody may find all pictures and titles
in
You can also publish the link to any
interested people.
In 2009 the work was exhibited in
Worms/Germany:
I also can send you cheap copies of the pictures on
paper with all titles and you may fix them as described above.
I would be pleased, if I could contribute to a better
comprehension of money with my project.
FURTHER DETAILS
IN ENGLISH
One Billion Euro is ...
Could be: a good non-fiction book for every household 2008
Coffee consumption of Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, 2007
Annual income of 520 000 coffee workers in Brazil 2006
Triple fold of the annual expenditure of all world states for humanitarian demining, 2005,
which equals to 500 000 units or 0.6% of landmines lying around
Cost of 176 million anti-personnel mines in stockpiles of the armies of the world, 2007
Price for 12 fighter-bombers 2007
Cost for seven G8 Summits 2008
Salary increase for all 540 000 metal workers in Germany 2008
Gross Domestic Product of Bhutan, 2007
Could be: sports, music or art lessons for everyone of these 3 million children receiving social
assistance, Germany 2008
Could be: tax rate increase from 41 to 45% for every income greater than € 1 million in
Germany, for the year 2003
The governmental UNICEF contributions worldwide, 2005
Power consumption of all tumble driers in Germany in 2008
Could be: public annual housing allowance increase to more than double from 90 to 200 € /
household / month, 2008
Fuel for car traffic in the district of Kassel (administrative district in Germany), per year 2006
Could be: 2200 km of amphibian protection fence on both sides with tunnels, satisfies about
the needs in the new federal states of Germany and the state of Hessen, 2008
Could be: slaughter cattle farming in organic farms in Germany, extra cost per year after
conversion (2008)
Gross income of the geriatric nurses in Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
(countries in Germany), 2006
Operating costs of all national parks in SE and Central Africa, possibly the whole of Africa
2008 (estimated)
Price for 77 000 hand prosthesis with movable fingers 2008
Could be: annual investment / depreciation for solar power systems for all households in
Mittelfranken (region of Germany) 2008
Electric power of all German internet servers 2001 (estimated 1 / 4 of 2010)
Construction costs (without additional expenses) for 100 km highway with an average bridge
portion of Germany, e.g. from Münster to Wuppertal, 2007
1 / 3 of public expenditure on coastal protection the EU 2006
Cost for 1 / 8 Gotthard Base Tunnel, 2008
Approx. 1 / 250 of the federal budget of Germany, 2007
80% of the annual investment of the producing industries for environmental protection in
Germany, 2005
Could be: construction costs for all urgently needed drinking water wells for the whole of
Western, Eastern and Central Africa, 2008
1.1 times the expenditure of federal and countries research 2008 for nuclear energy, retreating
of NPP, fusion, coal and renewable energy
Public expenditure for all 154 000 asylum seekers in Germany, 2007
Add-on cost for pork instead of (theoretically possible) substituttion by lentils in Germany
during two weeks / year (retail price) 2008
Could be: cost for 21,800 student apartments 2008
Prescribed lipid-lowering drugs in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, retail prices 2007
Global public spending on malaria treatment, 1 / 5 of the needs, 2008
Could be: 25 new theatre buildings in Germany 2008
Annual income of the 20 most earning individuals in Germany, 2001
Annual spending on diapers estimated in Germany, 2008
Black market price for the annual consumption of heroin, of approx. half of the 120 000
heroin addicts in Germany 2008
Punishment of the EU Commission for a well-known IT chip company because of
competition-distorting arrangements and contracts, 2009
0.6% of the World Rice Production (stock market prices) 2007
Could be: 13 million solar- or crank-powered learning laptops, e.g. for all children of Dem.
Rep. Congo, 2008
No. The artist requests someone to fund, print, install and remove all artworks.
ReplyDeleteNo. unable to accomode funding, printing, installation complications
ReplyDeleteNo funding
ReplyDeleteNo.Agree with comments posted above.
ReplyDeletedefer for lottery or big funds.
ReplyDeleteDeference is in order.
ReplyDeleteDefer
ReplyDeletei like them, and the concept. hmm
ReplyDeletemaybe
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