Money to Burn was a work of performance art executed on June 22, 2010, in which Dread Scott burned $171[1] in US dollar bills in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
| Money To Burn | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Dread Scott |
| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Money burning |
| 40°42′25″N 74°0′40″W / 40.70694°N 74.01111°W | |
| Website | www |
Scott filmed himself repeatedly singing "money to bur-rn, money to burn" while burning one bill at a time with a Zippo lighter, both from the $250 in small bills attached to his clothes, and from bills solicited from passers-by.[2][3][4]
Describing the performance, Scott said "I did the one thing you shouldn't do with money: burn it. Burning it is the one thing that everyone thinks is just crazy. But I was doing in extremely small form what happens on the stock exchange daily on a much grander scale."[3]
After 25 minutes, the New York Police Department intervened and issued Scott a summons for disorderly conduct, which he fought in court.[3][5][6]
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- ^ Vartanian, Hrag (24 June 2010). "Dread Scott Burned Money in Front of the NY Stock Exchange". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Dread Scott is a revolutionary artist whose work takes an unflinching look at Black lives in America". Creative Exchange. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Lucas, Julian (9 September 2019). "Muskets! Axes! Revolt! Here Are the Plans for a Reenactment of an Actual 1811 Rebellion". Vanity Fair (magazine). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Levitt, Aimee (28 October 2013). "The art of making history". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Litt, Steven (23 December 2022). "Battling oppression with capitalist 'blood money': Radical artist Dread Scott spreads revolutionary message at CWRU-Cleveland Museum of Art symposium". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.