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It is rumoured that cash will be abolished in the next upcoming years as already witnessed through dwindling cash circulations and increasing worldwide disputes commonly headlined as “War on Cash” or “Death of the Banknote”. Advocacy for the demise of cash leans itself to the goal to crack down on crime, tax avoidance, terrorism, human trafficking and money laundering. With this knowledge, understanding of the social, cultural and aesthetic dimensions of this medium is important in order to grasp the reality of the demise. Although cash is dealt with on a daily basis, there is a significant lack of public knowledge on the sensory literacy of cash such as its visual and haptic qualities. With this in mind, this project has been developed in order to tackle the issue in an artistic, participatory and performative approach. Nearly no medium is as emotionally hard charged and present in society as banknotes. Banknotes were the first reliable, visual and tangible mass medium of industrial society. Given its significance in history and its social and cultural importance, a re-examination of cash must take place to come to a better understanding of the consequences of its demise. 

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