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Spend Me, 2000

 Item — Box: 613
Identifier: CC-35322-37056

Scope and Contents

The two loose sheets describe undesirable side-effects of capitalism and a site list of watchdogs and gadflies. The currency consists of five photocopied 20 dollar bills, realistically reproduced on the recto and containing environmentally incorrect sites on the verso, e.g., Mexico strip mining, Rewanda genocide, Burma forced labor, Brazil deforestation, and Los Angeles toxic ghettos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000

Creator

Extent

1 item : 2 sheets (printed) + 5 sheets (currency, photocopied) + card in folder (label) + envelope (string, label) ; 22 x 10 cm (sheets), 7 x 16 cm (currency), 6 x 9 cm (card), 23 x 11 cm (in folder), 25 x 11 cm (envelope)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Brooklyn, New York : Horse in a Storm Press. Signed by: M. Maher (c.- card). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 120 total copies. 2 number copy.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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