Crypto business owner consumes million buck duct-taped banana– DW– 11/29/2024

A banana that had actually been duct-taped to a wall surface as an art setup was consumed on Friday by the male that purchased it on public auction, throughout an interview implied to bring the art work to its productive end.

Cryptocurrency entrepeneur Justin Sun obtained the artwork by the Italian musician Maurizio Cattelan for $6.2 million (EUR5.8 million) at a public auction of the respected Sotheby’s public auction home.

Sun claimed the duct-taped banana, entitled “Comedian,” was not simply an art work, yet that it likewise stood for “a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.”

The owner of crypto exchange Tron claimed after buying the banana that he planned to consume it, “honoring its place in both art history and popular culture,” he claimed.

Sun compares concenptual art to crypto

Sun collected reporters for an interview at one of Hong Kong’s most costly resorts so they would certainly attest to the banana’s end. Attendees were each offered a roll of air duct tape and a banana as a memento.

“Eating it at a press conference can also become a part of the artwork’s history,” Sun claimed.

After very carefully getting rid of the air duct tape and removing the fruit, he consumed before loads of reporters and influencers.

“It’s much better than other bananas,” Sun claimed after obtaining his very first preference.

“It’s really quite good,” he included.

Sun provided a speech hailing the job as “iconic” and attracted parallels in between theoretical art and cryptocurrency.

“Most of its objects and ideas exist as (intellectual property) and on the internet, as opposed to something physical,” he claimed.

jcg/wd (AP, AFP)