ZEconomy

1.) An artistic economic eco-system started in 2006,
of continuously evolving art projects that explore an individual's place inside human made societal systems.
2.) The deliberate manipulation of economic output into the absurd, mundane, good, bad, & ugly… |

Life Profits

1.) The value of consciously lived life. (Quality / Quantity / Positive or Negative)
1.1) The basic unit of value for the ZEconomy
2.) The use of value to articulate doing life in the now.

ZEconomics.

#zeconomy

What if less is better than more? What if capital value is not produced by economic production? What if the value of an individual was the economy?

ZEconomy is an artistic economic eco-system, of continuously evolving art projects that explore an individual's place inside human made societal systems. It's projects deliberately manipulates these systems by changing their underlying goals of production, reimagining how they function, and adding different forms of unintended expression to them.

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ZEconomy Origin Projects :

Zederal Reserve: Since 2007 the Zederal Reserve has been dedicated to creating monetary systems, & banking instruments that are not based on numbers (non-quantifiable) such as: Relationships, Death, Family and art itself.

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JaZoN Ex.: redefines portraiture, self worth, & the value of an individual in the form of a stock market featuring hundreds of thousands of price evaluations going all the way back to 2007.

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Z Exchanges: takes the linguistics of the economic world and uses it all wrong as the Z Economy’s news source. It focuses on expressing the happenings of living that influence how life profits are interpreted.

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Z Time Index: was a real time macro-index that served as an overall evaluation for the value of different moments that happen over the course of JaZoN’s daily life. Each moment featured a notation accompanied by a video, photo, comment, and statistical analysis. All data was entered into the system through a personal web application.
2008 - 2017

ZEconomy Zxpo

Why use a colored room when you can use an entire Temple Mount in the sky?

ZEconomy Zxpo is a project that questions how to explore exhibiting art from the ZEconomy in the metaverse.

Each Zxpo is composed of different works from the entire ZEconomy ecosystem with a curative goal of enhancing the subject’s narrative, while searching for new possibilities for virtual exhibitions beyond the white wall.

Mini Z Clone V1

Mini Z Clone V1 changes JaZoN Ex. company share values via a Raspberry PI equipped with a touch screen. It is composed of : 600 gif animations, 2.8" touchscreen, Custom made oak box.

JaZoN Ex. Big Board Clone

600 gifs representing all listed JaZoN Ex. companies stock price, updated in real time, gif red=down, gif green=up, identical size to JaZoN,

JaZoN Ex. Data Columns

A printed archive representing 10 years of past values from over 200,000 JaZoN EX. database entries.

A Paper Bag To Cover My Beer

If you know you know.

JaZoN Ex. Trading Floor Z1

Interactive Installation @ 59e Salon du Montrouge

The “JaZoN Ex. Trading Floor” is an interactive installation that allows spectators to participate in an immersive experience inside the stock market created by JaZoN Frings. This permits the spectator to become a speculator/trader and change the stocks prices as they see fit. “JaZoN Ex. Trading Floor” is composed of three separate interfaces :
1. A “Big Board” that indicates live stock prices for over 300 companies listed on the JaZoN Ex. Alternating every 2 mins with on of 75 news reports about the current & past market conditions.
2. An iPad app that allows users to speculate about the different stock prices by changing the prices in real time. All modifications are show directly in realtime on the big board.
3. All price changes are noted by a ticket printed immediately after the price change done via the iPad app.

Big Board

indicating live stock prices for over 300 companies listed on the JaZoN Ex. Alternating every 2 mins with on of 75 news reports about the current & past market conditions.

Raspberry Pi Controller

All price changes are noted by a ticket printed immediately after the price change done via the iPad app.

Z Lover Hedge Fund MR1

A hedge fund composed of Z Lover Corp hedged against Z Depression Inc, and Z Sex Inc. hedged against JZON Drunk Co. Z Engraving on wood, 40cm x 55cm per certificate (4),

Z Speculation App

iPad app that allows users to speculate about the different stock prices by changing the prices in real time. All modifications are show directly in realtime on the big board.

PubliZity

PubliZity uses advertising to promote possible narratives of living life. Each poster promotes an act of living and is meant to emphasize consuming the acts of our quotidian instead of objects. Advertising with the goal of keeping us grounded in the moment instead of promoting the next mindless distraction.

Mini Z Factory Shinto

Style shrine on shirt shelf.

Mini Z Factory Shinto

Luck production shrine on counter top with plant.

Mini Z Factory Shinto Style Production

A shrine to making style in your life.

Mini Z Factory Shinto Luck Production

A shrine to making luck production in your life.

ZExchanges

Z Exchanges takes the linguistics of the economic world and uses it all wrong as the Z Economy’s news source. Instead of using news reports to report on the current state of the economy Z Exchanges focuses on expressing the happenings of living that influence how life profits are interpreted.

Today comprised of more than 300 articles and videos all made with zero budget. The poor quality of the videos plays a double roll in critiquing the often plastic appearance of financial news, while playing up the notion of youtube aesthetics. It’s not a vlog but plays with notions that today anyone can be a news anchor, whether they have news or not.

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Zederal Reserve

Since 2007 the Zederal Reserve has been dedicated to creating monetary systems, & banking instruments that are not based on numbers (non-quantifiable) such as: Relationships, Death, Family and art itself. Its primary goal is to express life/value in other forms than the traditional idea of 100 being more than 10.

Visit Zederal Reserve

Zollar Currency Exchange Teller Sessions

What if profit making had no numbers, and instead the very relationships that bind us together became the basis for our money?

Does monetary value always have to be based on economic growth or can we use a more human, personalized, backing for the value of money?

What does an economic exchange look like if everyone feels differently about the value on the face of a bill
(dollar/euro/pound)?

How can you spend your relationships: erotic, felloswhip, superficial, friend, hate or love?

Since 2007 the Z Relationship Monetary System has taken the established numerical sequential value out of money along with our predetermined understanding of financial worth. Instead it replaces the numerical idea of value with an inevitable part of life; our relationships. It turns value into something very personal indeed; an intimate assessment of the relationships in our lives.

ZOLLAR SB

Z Relationship Zollar SB, Offset on Bible Paper, @ SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, 2015

Detail, Z Teller Counter Z1 & Zollar SB Stacks,

@ SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, 2015

Zollar Currency Exchange Rate Board Z1

Rates based on demand @ SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, 2015

ZRB Teller Counter Z1 (Zollar)

installation, performance, monetary policy, @ SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, 2015

ZRB Teller Counter Z2 (Zollar)

installation, performance, monetary policy, @ Science Gallery, Dublin, "Intimacy", 2018

Detail, Z Teller Counter Z2 & Zollar SG Stacks,

@ Science Gallery, Dublin, "Intimacy", 2018

Zollar SG

Offset on Bible Paper, @ Science Gallery, Dublin, "Intimacy", 2018

Zollar Currency Exchange Rate Board Z2

Interest rates based on demand for each bill @ Science Gallery, Dublin, "Intimacy", 2018

Life Trading Techniques REMIX

Using stock trading techniques to make money during everyday life.

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Web Boutique: Physical, Paintings, Prints, & Editions are available @ Z Boutique

ETH NFT ZEconomy NFT are available on KnownOrigin

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TEZOS NFT ZEconomy TEZOS NFT are available at multiple sites on the tezos blockchain

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Z Minted ETH NFT Self Minted ERC-721 NFTs are available on most common ETH NFT sales platforms. E.G. Lucky Lighting Rain

The ZEconomy was created by JaZoN Frings.

Doing art and economics all wrong since 2005.

New York, USA
Paris, France

contact [@] zexchanges.com