The work of the collective Claire Fontaine asserts a radical awareness of and engagement with political realities. CHANGE consists of 12 quarters that have been modified to contain concealed razor blades, an image that at once stands as a metaphor for the hidden dangers held within financial markets and which taps into deep anxieties about homeland security that permeate our culture post 9/11. Standing at the crossroads of political and economic signification, CHANGE illustrates the interdependency between these two spheres, as recent history has taught us that instability in one causes deep ripples within the other.