An effort to decrease increasingly strict borders and eliminate the concept of nationality, for 24 hours, Swiss passports were up for sale. For €20, anybody had access to a passport. American artist Tom Sachs’ Swiss Passport Office installation refuses British pounds, but those willing to purchase a passport in euros were photographed and had their name hand-typed onto a serial-numbered Tom Sachs studio passport.
FNAR 264-406 Art / Design / Digital Culture 