0018 The Uniform of Unspoken Resilience_

Catalog

McDonalds_

The Joke and the Threat

When portfolios crumble, the meme surfaces: back to flipping burgers. It stings with self-mockery, sharp and swift. McDonald’s stands not just as a chain, but as the ultimate retreat, the presumed bottom rung.

In crypto, the quip cuts deeper. Risk pulses real, volatility strikes without mercy. Bold bets dissolve in liquidations, charts indifferent to dreams. This work probes that edge: ambition clashing with exhaustion, reckless leaps meeting steady returns, lunar hopes tumbling to wage floors.

McDonald’s, shorthand for defeat, doubles as a nod to endurance. Predictable. Expansive. Everywhere. The irony bites: crypto craves liberation, yet yearns for the order it rejects. This piece explores the wit, the dread, the quiet surrender. Red and yellow’s cultural pull, the meme dispatched in defeat, or as the prelude to reflection.

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Edition of Two, Each Unique
Only two mirrors exist at this scale — one mounted on a varnished wood panel, the other on black acrylic. Each is accompanied by a hand-signed certificate of authenticity, certifying its rarity and provenance.

Materials
Acrylic and polymer on mirror, mounted on wood panel. Silkscreened using our overprinting technique: multiple layers of paint meticulously applied to create a subtle, tactile depth within the text.

Year
2025

Dimensions
11.75 x 11.75 x 2 in. (30 x 30 x 5 cm)

A reflective artifact of crypto culture—where permanence meets perception, and meaning shifts with the viewer.