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Date: May 26, 2009
Venue: Semperdepot
Address: Lehargasse 6-8, 1060-Vienna

In the second part of her performance trilogy - Affluenza- Simone Carneiro drew parallels to the creation and bursting of speculative bubbles. Inspired by economic systems, the concept of expectations and the current financial turmoil, she presented a 6 X 9 meter bubble-like installation consisting of the finance pages of a variety of Austrian newspapers.

The paper walls of the installation were filled by a processual performance. The turning point was reached when the paper bubble was ripped apart leaving a number of painted paper shreds reminding us of better times. As an allusion to units of ownership in financial assets, the resulting paper shreds represent shares, that is, separate entities comprising a bigger whole.

Programme:

Moderation - Mag. Florian Laszlo, CEO, Observer
Introduction - Mag. Jan Lauth, Media Artist and Expert
Performance - Simone Carneiro
Improvisation on the saxophone - Julian Loibl
DJ - Mikeburns

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