Dark pool 
2012
Installation
20,000 laser-engraved black PVC balls, wooden case





In financial terms, a dark pool refers to a privately organised financial forum or exchange for trading securities. The majority of these transactions remain hidden and confidential, out of reach of the general investment public. These financial products have given rise to controversy and regulatory measures, not least because of their opaque and toxic nature. 

Here, Dark Pool is a mysterious, black custom-designed children’s pool. References of invisible transactions have been engraved in miniature on each ball by laser using nanotechnology. Although some financial speculators consider finance as a game without consequences on account of its immaterial nature, such transactions have a very tangible impact on the globalised economy.





Stéphanie Roland Studio