I am
currently working on... Bullseye//MONOPOLised
In 1844,
a bearded German political economist writes that “Religion is the sigh of the
oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless
conditions. It is the opium of the people.” Maybe today's opium can be bought,
with cold hard cash.
Or oil.
Or political influence.
Or skill in the rolling of a few dice, the trading of a few cards, and the throwing of three darts.
A domestic heater salesman from Germantown, Philadelphia loses his job in a stock market downturn. He decides to market a game, where you ruthlessly buy property and tax the bum who lands on it. He gets rich. There's an irony.
A show, a
game, a religion, a currency, a charging bull, a pair of red braces and one
last pound coin, "a Thatcher" because it's thick, brassy and thinks
it's a sovereign.
A show with pedagogical
principles:
Monochrome
[IKB]
A conceptual biography of a man who falls.
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