The Esperanto of Currency
Permanent tile installation
FILET
London N1 7QP
“Taking a certain fetishistic pleasure in the symbols used to represent various currencies such as the dollar, the pound sterling, the yen, and the rupee, Staton combined them all to form a hybrid symbol that looks like an ancient, mysterious hieroglyph. Tiles bearing this symbol were installed at the threshold of the gallery; visitors literally wiped their feet on this fantasy global currency before they entered.”
Jennifer Thatcher, ARTnews