Silver Ticket Project

In 2005, I began ask questions about how value is assigned to art and how art fits economically into contemporary Western capitalist society. I began to wonder how the relatively ethereal production of performance could be economically accounted for without losing the immediacy, liveness and presence of live performance.

To engage these notions of value and materiality within an economic system I began to tie my work to precious metals. My focus is on silver and gold, on the context of their production, control and consumption.

One of the first products of this ongoing research is a "silver ticket", a one-ounce bar of .999 pure silver.

These silver tickets can be understood as holding a variety of conceptual, aesthetic and economic values which I will explore through a series of performances and the writings which will be posted on this website.

Holders of these tickets are invited to join in the exploration of these ideas, to evaluate my efforts and invest themselves in the continuing development of the work. In kind, I hope to will be able to participate and invest in your work and dreams as well.

Please explore the topics and definitions in the left column for more detailed discussion of this project as the topics accumulate.