Diddo Velema’s “The Cure for Greed”

In a society where gross consumption and instant gratification is an everyday reality, we perhaps should be using ‘The Cure for Greed‘ by Amsterdam-based artist-designer-inventor Diddo Velema. What is his cure? Well, simply put: an injection of five ml crimp-sealed serum vial containing one dose of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency. (Length 01:49)

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<br />  <br /> <strong>Each personally monogrammed custom-made mahogany or walnut box contains:</strong></p> <p>• One 24-karat gold plated syringe.<br /> • One five ml crimp-sealed serum vial containing one dose of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency.<br /> • Two 24-karat gold plated needles.</p> <div id="attachment_29538" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="http://www.onesmallseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Cure-For-Greed-3.jpg" alt="" title="The-Cure-For-Greed-3" width="600" height="399" class="size-full wp-image-29538" /><p class="wp-caption-text">photo © Diddo</p></div> <p>What does Velema have to say? </p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.yatzer.com/The-cure-for-greed-diddo-velema"><em>The Cure for Greed</em></a> is an iconic object that sparks an internal and social dialogue on all aspects of ‘greed’ — the benefits as well as dangers of this basic and pervasive human behaviour. It’s an invitation to re-examine our assumptions and inject them with the type of energy that will ensure new and evolving perspectives. Our hope is to learn from this process, and grow to become more human, not by repressing our nature, but by transcending it with understanding and compassion.<a href="http://bydiddo.com/">Diddo Velema</a></p></blockquote> <p>…And what do you have to say?</p> <p>Can <a href="http://bydiddo.com/">Diddo</a>‘s stabilized pure dollar ink recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency saturate our ravenous greed by injecting it into our bodies with a 24-karat gold plated syringe? </p> <div id="attachment_29541" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="http://www.onesmallseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Cure-For-Greed-by-Diddo-5.jpg" alt="" title="The-Cure-For-Greed-by-Diddo-5" width="600" height="348" class="size-full wp-image-29541" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot © Diddo</p></div> <div id="attachment_29542" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="http://www.onesmallseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Cure-For-Greed-6.jpg" alt="" title="The-Cure-For-Greed-6" width="600" height="371" class="size-full wp-image-29542" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot © Diddo</p></div> <div id="attachment_29539" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="http://www.onesmallseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Cure-For-Greed-1.jpg" alt="" title="The-Cure-For-Greed-1" width="600" height="448" class="size-full wp-image-29539" /><p class="wp-caption-text">photo © Diddo</p></div> <div id="attachment_29543" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="http://www.onesmallseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Cure-For-Greed-4.jpg" alt="" title="The-Cure-For-Greed-4" width="600" height="399" class="size-full wp-image-29543" /><p class="wp-caption-text">photo © Diddo</p></div> <p>source: <a href="http://bydiddo.com/">Diddo Velema</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/">vimeo.com</a></p> </div> </div>  <div id="P10-uh68-1" class="eightbit_engage"></div> <div id="P10-kl43-3" class="eightbit_engage"></div> <script> (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); 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