Day after day the artist Christin Lahr transfers 1 Euro Cent to the German Federal Ministry of Finance. Each time she consecutively copies 108 characters of Karl Marx' "CAPITAL - A Critique of Political Economy" into the 'reason for payment' box of the transfer form---All the way until the German Federal Bank will have the complete work of text on their bank account.
This performative-acoustic installation by the Indonesian art collective HONF (House of Natural Fibre) is a response to the religiously motivated, national prohibition of alcoholic drinks in public space. This project highlights not only the often fatal consequences of illegal and unsanitarily produced methanol but moreover points to risk-free fermentation methods of easily available tropical fruits.
