Nicknamed “Dr. Copper,” copper has long been a vital mineral, valued for its many uses and as a barometer of the world economy. Global copper reserves have thus come to represent economic value. The installation presents copper as a monetary material vitalized by capital. Copper scrap, the raw flesh of current euro coins, grows into crystals through electrolysis at a rate set by the real-time market price of copper. At this very moment, the price of copper (about 2.7 dollars per pound) is changing, and the heartbeat of this guilty material fluctuates with it.
