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Stefanos Tsivopoulos, History Zero (2013), video still. Photo courtesy of the artist and Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani. [image description: a man looking to his left drives a shopping trolley down a city street in Athens, Greece at night] — Stefanos Tsivopoulos, *History Zero* (2013), video still. Photo courtesy of the artist and Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani. [image description: a man looking to his left drives a shopping trolley down a city street in Athens, Greece at night]

“Before There Was Money There Was Debt: Anthropoligist David Graeber and Artist Stefanos Tsivopoulos in Conversation” at the 8th Floor

Stefanos Tsivopoulos’ installation Alternative Currencies: An Archive and A Manifesto at the 8th Floor’s current show “Relational Economies: Labor Over Capital” (on view through March 7) features writer and anthropologist David Graeber’s books Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own Dreams and The First 5,000 Years. During the final days of the exhibition, which considers global economic crises and alternatives to capitalism, the author and artist will discuss the histories of currencies and systems of credit.

Location: The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th Street
Price: Free
Time: 4 p.m.–7 p.m.

—Sarah Cascone