Money no object: rethinking payment in the arts – in pictures

Financial Growth by Heidi Hinder, which reveals how much coins and money can communicate, transfer and exchange. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Bacteria is present on coins cultivated in petri dishes Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Financial Growth is part of a wider research project called Money No Object, which explores the value of physical currency in a digital age. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Make the Transfer: Hinder's work explores what could happen if financial transactions offered a different kind of value proposition. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Another bacteria work, part of the Financial Growth series. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Handshake & Pay by Heidi Hinder, part of the Money No Object project, which attempts to reimagine traditional currency. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Money No Object was primarily developed as a charitable donations system. It combines wearable technologies and sociable gestures, such as a hug or a handshake. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Tap & Pay is desribed as a danceable payment method. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is embedded on a tap shoe. These tags are used in everything from mobile phone payments to passports and human identification. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

High-Five features a dollar ring on which an RFID tag is imbedded. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

The ring is just one of many works in the Money No Object project, which was commissioned by Watershed Bristol and the Crafts Council. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley

Heidi Hinder is an artist-maker and researcher, with a background in jewellery and silversmithing. Photograph: Jon Rowley/Jon Rowley