Money to Burn (performance art)

Money to Burn was a work of performance art executed on June 22, 2010, in which Dread Scott burned $171^[1] in US dollar bills in front of the New York Stock Exchange.

Money To Burn
Artist	Dread Scott
Year	2010 (2010)
Type	Money burning
Coordinates	40°42′25″N 74°0′40″W
Website	www.dreadscott.net/portfolio_page/money-to-burn/

Scott filmed himself repeatedly singing "money to bur-rn, money to burn" while burning one bill at a time with a Zippo lighter, both from the $250 in small bills attached to his clothes, and from bills solicited from passers-by.^[2][3][4]

Describing the performance, Scott said "I did the one thing you shouldn't do with money: burn it. Burning it is the one thing that everyone thinks is just crazy. But I was doing in extremely small form what happens on the stock exchange daily on a much grander scale."^[3]

After 25 minutes, the New York Police Department intervened and issued Scott a summons for disorderly conduct, which he fought in court.^[3][5][6]

See also

• K Foundation Burn a Million Quid