arebyte Gallery's new exhibition by Helen Knowles looks at value systems and wealth disparity, with four video works, a soundscape and a coin-drop sculpture which is linked to the Blockchain via Ethereum. Running until 26 February 2020, part of arebyte's yearly programme around *Systems. *
*Trickle Down, A New Vertical Sovereignty* is a tokenised four-screen video installation and generative soundscape attached to the blockchain, which explores value systems and wealth disparity. The artwork is composed of auction scenes, performances and choral interludes by different communities such as prisoners, blockchain technology employees, market sellers, and Sotheby’s auction bidders. *Trickle Down, A New Vertical Sovereignty *draws on technological and financial power structures which traditionally scaffold the disparity between a wealthy elite and everyday working people but looks to re-imagine our vertically stacked digital ecosystem to horizontally distribute wealth. The installation commences when a visitor drops a pound coin into a machine designed to expose the mechanisms needed to convert fiat currency into crypto-currency. Each and every member of the Trickle Down community, who has helped the work come to fruition, will receive a share of the ETH via a smart contract on the blockchain. https://www.arebyte.com/trickle-down-a-new-vertical-sovereignty -- Rebecca Edwards curator arebyte Gallery +44 7450 641 411 ------------------------ *arebyte Gallery* Java House, 7 Botanic Square, London City Island, E14 0LG *On Now: * *Trickle Down, A New Vertical Sovereignty* <https://www.facebook.com/events/485094022114825/> | Helen Knowles | opening 23 Jan - 26 Feb arebyte on screen <http://aos.arebyte.com/> | 2020 programme starting soon... *Upcoming:* *Going Away.tv *| group exhibition + performance night | opening 5 March www.arebyte.com | charity # 1167185 twitter <https://twitter.com/arebyte> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/arebyte.Gallery/> | instagram <https://www.instagram.com/arebyte/>
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