The Care Manifesto: Proposal for an Exhibition

A model for a parallel currency to promote a care-based economy

Money is not a fixed object; it is a representation of rights to resources, and as such it is a social medium. It is a medium that shapes much of society. This project approaches money as an artistic medium and constructs a model for a care-based economy, with a specific focus on financing elderly care.

Approaching money as an allocation of rights rather than as an object, Vienne Chan and Boris Oicherman look beyond zero sum narratives towards how care could be better economically represented, and perhaps even re-define the economic stories that shape much of our social lives. The artists look at how social relationships can be organised for a successful parallel currency to address the lack of financing care work receives. Money as an allocation of rights to resources is more than just a medium of exchange and trade. The project aims to look beyond private interests towards the relationship between money and public social infrastructure.