1998 by the Danish artist Lars Krĉmmer.
Artmoney is 18x12 cm (app. 7x5 inches)
sized "bills" created by registered
artmoney artists.
The value of one artmoney is DKK 200
(app. 27 or $39). Artmoney is used as
alternative means of payment to purchase
goods or services in artmoney shops all
over the world. As the first hotel in the
world, Ibsens Hotel accepts artmoney as
payment.
Here at Ibsens, we have decorated several
walls with all kinds of artmoney from all
over the world. To us, the idea of the
artmoney project is both fun and
sustainable.
Fantastic stories hide behind the
pictures. An Indian artist donates all
his earnings from his artmoney to a
children's home in India. Another artist
from Tanzania bought a laptop from his
artmoney earnings and is today making a
living of safari tours. And yet others
are renowned artists that usually exhibit
their works at the posh galleries in
Copenhagen or in Manhattan, New York.
If a hotel guest falls in love with an
artmoney, it can be bought for DKK 200.