Trust Fund Dog
— Faith in Fragility
Context
Part of the collection “FinTech Art — Rituals of Value”, presented both physically and as a digital installation in the immersive exhibition “500 Years of Women in Art” on Anasaea.
The series reimagines ordinary, sentimental objects — dogs, teapots, vases — as private vaults for cash or crypto.
Each work is sealed to question how we define safety, ownership and belief in systems built on trust and code.
→ Explore the FinTech Art — Rituals of Value collection
→ Visit the immersive exhibition on Anasaea
→ Read the FinTech Art Blog
Concept
Trust Fund Dog sits patiently at the crossroads of irony and devotion.
A porcelain emblem of loyalty turned into a vault you can’t open without betrayal.
Inside its head lies cash — a quiet protest against invisible finance and inherited privilege.When networks fail, when passwords expire, when trust collapses, this dog remains intact.
It guards value through stillness, absurd and sincere at once.Faith in Fragility is its paradox: what we love most may break the easiest, and what we trust most may already be cracked.
Artist’s Reflection
A companion that outlasts every system —
loyal, ridiculous, incorruptible.
A vessel of faith in an economy that worships speed and access.
You can’t open it without losing it.
— Annelies Nuy, 2025
Technical Details
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Title | Trust Fund Dog — Faith in Fragility |
| Artist | Annelies Nuy |
| Year | 2025 |
| Medium | Porcelain sculpture with hidden cash compartment, sealed with epoxy |
| Materials | Found ceramic, epoxy, euro banknotes, photographic documentation |
| Technique | Conceptual sealing, performance element, unique object |
| Dimensions | Height 28 cm × Width 16 cm × Depth 20 cm |
| Weight | Approx. 2.4 kg — heavy enough to hold value, light enough to break |
| Edition | Unique piece — signed and sealed |
| Price | € 3 750 |
| Collection | FinTech Art — Rituals of Value |
| Exhibited | 500 Years of Women in Art, immersive exhibition on Anasaea |
Documentation & Authenticity
Includes a signed certificate, photographic record of the sealing ritual, and artist statement.
Breaking the object voids both its market and conceptual value.
Related Works
→ Explore the FinTech Art — Rituals of Value collection
→ Visit the immersive exhibition on Anasaea
→ Read the upcoming FinTech Art Blog
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Porcelain sculpture hiding cash inside a sealed head.
A poetic reflection on trust, fragility and value — part of Annelies Nuy’s FinTech Art — Rituals of Value collection, featured in the immersive exhibition 500 Years of Women in Art on Anasaea.