[spectre] make money with your friends - agliomania.com

[shu lea cheang]

As naples garbage piled up higher and higher,
stinky art does money talk.

Join aglio bidding
http://www.agliomania.com

AglioMania (GarlicMania) refers to TulipoMania 
that took place in the early 17th century 
Netherlands.  During this time, tulip bulbs were 
traded for enormous prices and eventually crashed 
, thus the term bubble economy.  AglioMania 
re-enacts the maniac trading phenomena with 
garlic  produced in Italy during the 6 weeks of 
"Enterprise of Art" exhibition at Palazzo delle 
Arti Napoli. </p>

8 garlic bulbs collected from local farmers are 
framed as art objects and put on display. Each 
garlic bulb with a specific name enters the 
bidding market where Aglio Mille (garlic 1000 
Lire) is the currency. A bidding system is 
established for the web and the gallery. The 
public issued with Aglio Mille, encouraged by the 
money earning schemes, join the bidding for the 
desirable aglio bulbs.</p>

AglioMania takes the public on an illusionary 
market frenzy. At the end of the exhibition, the 
highest bidder gets the desirable garlic bulb. 
Ultimately, the get rich garlic schemes are 
smashed as truck loads of garlic enter the green 
market.

AglioMania
Shu Lea Cheang
L'Impresa dell'Arte
PAN I Palazzo delle Arti Napoli
May 16  - June 30, 2008

Enterprise  of Art - When Joseph Beuys meets Andy Wahol in café Napoli 1980
http://www.palazzoartinapoli.net/
http://www.palazzoartinapoli.net/pan/event_details/dettaglio_ita.php?id_evento=172