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Cinthia Marcelle
Economia de Base
Cinthia Marcelle (b. 1974, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Economia de Base is a sculpture of an inverted piggy bank placed on a metal safe that collects coins deposited by the public. By transforming a familiar piggy bank into a shared structure, the work shifts savings from a private act to a collective one, drawing inspiration from the Black Panther Party’s community survival programs. The accumulated funds are redistributed, presenting the economy as a system shaped by participation and exchange.
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Renderings courtesy of the artist.