Virtual World, Medal of Dishonour

Photo by Gareth Gardner

Virtual World 2009
Struck and enamelled silver
7.5 (dia) cm
The artists

“Virtual World", the medal installed in the Museum’s pistol case was commissioned by the British Museum for the exhibition Medals of Dishonour in 2009.  The face (obverse) has three concentric rings which contain categories of codes: airports (black), NGOs involved in disaster relief (blue) , and banned organisations and security agencies (red). The rear (reverse) shows top level domains (internet country codes).