this work ' postcard to mao' is the 
first of a new series I am working on which deals with the space in 
which we communicate and the economic situation we are experiencing. The
 image mao was copied from the chinese paper currency, the 'yuan'. The 
work is done with postcards which I collected from different places such
 as restaurants and culture houses in Denmark, given for free. 
 Not so long
 ago we had to pay money for these postcards, but due to a faster and 
more reliable system of communicating such as email or e-card, these 
postcards seems to be a 'thing of the past' and can be gotten free and 
now used as a form of advertisement or propaganda .
 The postcards 
are pinned on to the wall while the rest are laid down on the floor. 
This gives the work a mortality or temporary status in which it occupies
 the space for only a period of time, just like a system, an empire or a
 person,  Mao. After some time they are remembered in history books, on 
paper currencies, posters, stamps or on a postcard.

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