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Here's What Happens When New Yorkers Smash Open A Giant Golden Pinata Full Of Cash
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John Del Signore
Published May 23, 2014
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Earlier this week in Sunset Park, artist Sebastian Errazuriz invited the general public to smash open his giant golden calf piñata stuffed with 1,000 dollar bills. Volunteers took turns swatting the papier mâché metaphor with sticks until it finally broke up, at which point everyone calmly collected the falling dollar bills in a perfectly orderly and civilized manner:
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"The piece hints at the Capital system as an idol that we have worshiped for decades and is unfortunately proving to be false," explains Errazuriz, who created the "cash cow" as part of this year’s NYCxDesign Festival. "There’s an urgent need for corrections to the Capital system that can offer a more fair redistribution of wealth."
Remember when America was circling the drain in a late-capitalist death spiral, then an artist created a golden piñata stuffed with dollar bills that caused a mass uprising against the machinery of income inequality?
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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