Harissart (1982) - Bernard Madoff - (Dis)credit Card - Carlo Ponzi

Cette carte bancaire géante réunie la quintessence de l’appétit sans fin du capitalisme outrancier…

Cette œuvre est éditée avec la technologie d’impression 3D “TouchFeel” pour mettre en relief les éléments qui la composent.

The text of Bernard Madoff's prepared plea allocution statement, delivered on March 12, 2009in U.S. District Court in New York.

Your Honor, for many years up until my arrest on December 11, 2008, I operated a Ponzi scheme through the investment advisory side of my business, Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC, which was located here in Manhattan, New York at 885 Third Avenue. I am actually grateful for this first opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes, for which I am so deeply sorry and ashamed. As I engaged in my fraud, I knew what I was doing was wrong, indeed criminal. When I began the Ponzi scheme I believed it would end shortly and I would be able to extricate myself and my clients from the scheme. However, this proved difficult, and ultimately impossible, and as the years went by I realized that my arrest and this day would inevitably come. I am painfully aware that I have deeply hurt many, many people, including the members of my family, my closest friends, business associates and the thousands of clients who gave me their money. I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done. I am here today to accept responsibility for my crimes by pleading guilty and, with this plea allocution, explain the means by which I carried out and concealed my fraud.

The essence of my scheme was that I represented to clients and prospective clients who wished to open investment advisory and individual trading accounts with me that I would invest their money in shares of common stock, options and other securities of large well-known corporations, and upon request, would return to them their profits and principal. Those representations were false because for many years up and until I was arrested on December 11, 2008, I never invested those funds in the securities, as I had promised.

A propos d'Harissart :

Harissart est né de la passion de deux amis de longue date. Leurs créations sont largement inspirées de leurs souvenirs d’adolescence et plus généralement des années 90. Les thèmes de la monnaie, de l’argent et du luxe occupent également une place centrale dans l’univers d’Harissart. Leurs œuvres en dénoncent le pouvoir, le parodient souvent et parfois même le tournent en ridicule.

Puisant leur inspiration dans l’iconographie populaire ils détournent, modernisent et customisent des objets venus tout droit du passé pour provoquer une émotion, un sentiment, raviver un bon souvenir ou le créer…