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Art for Impact: For a fistful of bolivars

Andrés Chaparro, left, and Jason Rovig use defunct Venezuelan bolivar notes in their Bogotá art show this month. Photo: Steve Hide.

This banknote-themed exhibition is a timely reminder of the continuing crisis in Venezuela.

Ever wish you had a ton of money? You might think differently in Venezuela, where the collapsed economy has pushed inflation to 10 million per cent this year. This has rendered the local bolivar currency – which has gone through two reincarnations lopping off tens of zeros in recent years – into just so much coloured paper.

Steve Hide: Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.
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