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Cambridge art project made of 100,000 pennies all taken in a day

I pity the person who had to count them
 
Artistic director Daniel Pitt said it was "a provocative outcome".

Cambridge-based artist Anna Brownsted said her fountain piece "was an invitation to respond, a provocation".

"It was an experiment in the dynamics of human behaviour and our complex reactions to heightened situations," she said.

Had any money been left over at the end of the project, it would have been given to a local homeless charity.

Mr Pitt added: "We do not consider the removal of the money to be a theft as the money was there for people to interact with as they saw fit as part of this art project.

"The experiment had a provocative outcome, it opened conversations about human nature and the bystander effect."


So, it kinda worked as intended, people got talking!
 
Yeah 100,000 pennies would just make me mad.
 
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