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#001: SCRIPTURAL ORIGINS




SCRIPTURAL ORIGINS

Jing Davison (毕婧)

October, 2024

42 x 52 cm

Chinese calligraphy ink (墨汁) and acrylic paint on mulberry bark paper (桑皮纸);
mounted on canvas with jade stone seal



THE WORK


Scriptural Origins encapsulates the historic transformation of monetary media
from paper based on trust in a centralized authority, to a direct, digital
representation of value — Bitcoin: the asset, network, and protocol.



THE HISTORY




The Jiaozi ("交子") was a form of promissory note that appeared in the year 1023
in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It is regarded by numismatists as the first paper
money in history.

The use of paper as a monetary medium was a transformative technological
development in the history of money, and forms the basis of today's monetary
system.



THE MEDIUM




Mulberry paper is a form of handmade paper made from the mulberry tree. It has
long fibers which give the paper a distintive, textured finish and threaded,
string-like edges.





THE SYMBOLS




The script is the central metaphor of the work, serving as the origin and
unifying element of both paper and digital monetary media.

Chinese calligraphic script on the paper note contains instructions on how and
where the bill can be spent, along with its value and origin.

Bitcoin script, opcodes used to codify the decentralized control of Bitcoin, are
superimposed atop the ancient script, connecting the parallel between the
digital and physical worlds of money.

From this connection the work dervives its name, Scriptural Origins.



The illustrated portion depicts merchants carrying Bitcoin, alongside orange
pills, representing the transmission of the message to the world.



THE ARTIST




Jing was born and raised in Chengdu, China, the locale where the first paper
money was invented and ciruclated. After studying art at Sichuan University, she
immigrated to the United States in her twenties. She has lived in New York, San
Francisco, and North Carolina.



THE SEAL




The art is signed with a one-of-a-kind jade stone seal. The stone was
hand-carved by an anonymous local artist in Sichuan province, China over twenty
years ago. The seal reads "毕婧", the name of the artist expressed in ancient
Chinese script.






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