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What's it like to be rich in Silicon Valley? Visitors to a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibit can find out by watching candid videos of seven dot-com boom-and-bust survivors who share what money means to them.
Five months ago, the museum commissioned the project, Living Pictures/Men in Gold, from French artist Silvie Blocher, who had spent hours interviewing each of the seven men. Though volunteers, they seem almost vulnerable in front of the camera while discussing their innermost thoughts--many of which can be particularly fascinating to someone who has never had a lot of money.
One entrepreneur tells of how straight out of college, after being paid $100,000 in cash, he and his girlfriend rolled around (with their clothes on) in the bills and took polaroids. It was "a moment when money was like cocaine," he says. Full story
Five months ago, the museum commissioned the project, Living Pictures/Men in Gold, from French artist Silvie Blocher, who had spent hours interviewing each of the seven men. Though volunteers, they seem almost vulnerable in front of the camera while discussing their innermost thoughts--many of which can be particularly fascinating to someone who has never had a lot of money.
One entrepreneur tells of how straight out of college, after being paid $100,000 in cash, he and his girlfriend rolled around (with their clothes on) in the bills and took polaroids. It was "a moment when money was like cocaine," he says. Full story
