In light of art becoming the new medium by which colossal quantities of wealth can be displaced easily and unregulated, freeports have become the new banks for the wealthy. The Cicada Conjecture is a new sovereign state, dictating its own rules and abusing existing holes in international affairs. It is an instigator for the transformation of art into an eternal commodity.
A black hole is built to absorb the world's priceless artworks. Artifacts of great value die there, before they can be reborn.
Transaction History The development of currency from physical commodity money to abstraction.
Canvas Currency The primary and secondary art market. Factors in what defines a piece's price and the trajectory of art pieces through the system.
Gray Zone The Geneva Freeport and its scandals in relation to the global movements of high value assets.
Thresholds Analysis of the layers of secrecy and security in the Luxembourg freeport.
State of Discretion General outline drawing for the relationship between deposition and exposition of assets at the global and local scale.
Ciphered Carrier Datums, or CICADA keys for short, certify the ownership of stored assets by being cryptographically linked. Allowing the keys to be traded physically to conceal the owner's identity.
The Cicada Conjecture's embassy network spans the world, having way points in every major city to facilitate the discreet displacement of assets via diplomatic courrier.
The Reliquary, aerial view, located west of Heathrow International Airport.
The Reliquary's program is a mediation between secrecy, and person/object relationships. Multiple secure entry points for incoming assets for various types of transportation.
