introduction to artmoney

purpose 

Artmoney is original art that works as a global alternative currency. The purpose of BIAM is:

• * To offer artists worldwide the chance of financial freedom and worldwide exposure in order to focus on the creative process in the pursuit of a beautyfull world.
• * To integrate an alternative global currency with local currencies world wide as a step towards equal shopping conditions for rich and poor reguardless of the conditions of the local social environment in the persuit of a world of individual choise and personal freedom.
• * To create an art object with a pratical social application. Using art money to pay for private accomodation will bring people together in an intimate private situation. This may offer the chance for new friendships among strangers from all over the world.

This currency may as such function as a human link across cultural, racial, linguistic, political and religious barriers in the pursuit of a peacefull world.

collector

It is possible to buy art money online through our website or in our showroom on Frederiksberg, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The price of art money is the same for all reguardless of the name of the artist. Artmoney is an attractive collector’s item as they are original works of art at a small cost, and there are no two art money alike. The same fixed size makes it easy decorate the wall of a home with various expressions. Weather you choose a pattern of order or caos, the fixed size can collect all works in a uniform impression. Collecting artmoney is also a fun investment. The purchasing value of artmoney is allready set, so you can spend them again, if you like to get rid of them. Also there is a chance that some artists will be worth more as "art" and aquire a much higher price on the free market. 

  
create artmoney 

A producer of art money must be an artist. Any art form will do. The amount of artmoney issued must not exceed the value of art for sale. Each artist is responsible for his or her own production of artmoney. It is free of charge to register as an artist in BIAM. As an artmoney artist you can create your own artmoney. You can sell them via BIAM or by your own hand. You can spend your artmoney at companies that accept artmoney as payment. You can also try to spend them elsewere. Many artists have spend artmoney at the dentist, accountant, lawyer, hardware store, clothing store, restaurant, hotel, etc. Ask, and you will get an answer!

accept artmoney 

Companies, shops and businesses world wide may accept artmoney as payment. When you registre a shop or businnes you can decide how many % of a purchace you will accept in artmoney. Artmoney as a payment works as an supplement to local currency and many shops view it as a form of discount system. It is also an excellent form of marketing. Any company may registre at BIAM free of charge. Registred companies agree to houner the rules for dealing with artmoney.

host & travel

Private people world wide may registre as artmoney hosts in the host & travel program. This means that a travelling person can buy private accomodation for one art money pr. night at registred hosts world wide. This way a private person can meet travelling people and collect art money at the same time. Accomodation for artmoney is inexpensive travel, interesting meetings, and a fun way of collecting artmoney.

BIAM in english

The web site is written in english only in order to manage the ongoing editing and development of the concept. Our own nature tounge is danish, not english. The english on this site will be keept in a simple language to suit the general public around the world. Maintaining the english of our own capacity makes it fast and inexpensive to maintain the site, and we believe it is easy for non native english speaking people to understand a low level language as the one we present. We ask users to respect this request and write the english language to the best of ability in communicating on BIAM. We hope that limiting the choise of language to one will enable people from different countries to understand eachother better.

Sincerely

Lars Kraemmer

CEO