<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p><b>NSK State – FIAT</b><br>
Wednesday February 21st@ 2PM UK Time, online<br>
Charles Lewis, NSK State<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2024/02/21/cover-seminar-nsk-state-fiat">https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2024/02/21/cover-seminar-nsk-state-fiat</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1050147056073807">https://www.facebook.com/events/1050147056073807</a><br>
<br>
When citizens of a virtual art-state took it upon themselves to
create a new currency, they chose a radically different direction
than the blockchain coins currently in vogue. By appropriating not
only the physical materials but also the functional aspects of the
existing financial apparatus, the principals of the NSK State
Reserve extended the retro-avantgarde toolkit of the NSK State to
bring the financial industry and its history into frame. This book
reprints the notes and bonds created by The Reserve, recounts key
events from the history of this institution, and offers direct
insight into their process and principles. <br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Bio: </b>Charles Lewis is an active citizen and diplomat of
the NSK State, and has participated in many NSK State events
including the Citizens' Congress, the three Folk Art Biennales,
and the NSK State Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. He has lectured
on NSK-related topics at various institutions and events including
Stony Brook University New York, The Morbid Anatomy Museum, the
Hauser & Wirth gallery in New York, and MoMA, and is a
principal of the NSK State Reserve. In addition to his work with
the Reserve, Charles is a technologist in the financial industry,
and has recently written a horror novel he describes as “Cormac
McCarthy meets Love and Rockets.”<br>
<br>
</p>
</body>
</html>