Now, however, the time is ripe for not just equity - based crowdfunding, but also for all kinds
of other ways to raise money from the crowd — and to do so seriously, without really
involving any
foodstuffs.
Packaged as «Mighty White» corn (a not - so - subversive nod to the history
of corn and trade in the Americas, not to mention its context produced in New York City), Murillo's work here renders the hard labor and efforts
of workers in corn production visible, bringing the wage - labor
involved in the creation and dissemination
of global
foodstuffs directly before the visitor.