Short Circuit, a.k.a. Global Clock (1999/2000, 2002)

The Yen, the Euro, and the Dollar make up about 90% of the global trade in money. Time—in the shortest possible increments—seems as important, if not more, than space in this trans-national system of exchange and flow. This computer-based installation—part of “The Art of Money” at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, and later in “Money and Value,” Biel/Bierne, EXPO.02, Swiss National Exposition—used recorded financial data feeds from Reuters to track the movements of these three currencies in the days and hours immediately surrounding the turnover of the Millennium. The later version displayed the data in real time over the duration of the exhibition. When trading stopped, so did the clock.

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