March 12, 2014

Money no object: rethinking payment in the arts – in pictures

Artist-maker Heidi Hinder explores the idea of making financial transactions through physical gestures, such as a hug, handshake and high-five

Money No Object: Money No Object #1 — Financial Growth by Heidi Hinder, which reveals how much coins and money can communicate, transfer and exchange. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #2 — Bacteria is present on coins cultivated in petri dishes Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #3 — Financial Growth is part of a wider research project called Money No Object, which explores the value of physical currency in a digital age. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #4 — Make the Transfer: Hinder's work explores what could happen if financial transactions offered a different kind of value proposition. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #5 — Another bacteria work, part of the Financial Growth series. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #6 — Handshake & Pay by Heidi Hinder, part of the Money No Object project, which attempts to reimagine traditional currency. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #7 — Money No Object was primarily developed as a charitable donations system. It combines wearable technologies and sociable gestures, such as a hug or a handshake. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #8 — Tap & Pay is desribed as a danceable payment method. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #9 — A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is embedded on a tap shoe. These tags are used in everything from mobile phone payments to passports and human identification. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #10 — High-Five features a dollar ring on which an RFID tag is imbedded. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #11 — The ring is just one of many works in the Money No Object project, which was commissioned by Watershed Bristol and the Crafts Council. Photograph: Jon Rowley

Money No Object: Money No Object #12 — Heidi Hinder is an artist-maker and researcher, with a background in jewellery and silversmithing. Photograph: Jon Rowley

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