When the poop hit the fan in the financial world recently, New York artist Laura Gilbert decided to let out her frustrations and perhaps get some answers to unanswerable questions through her "Zero Dollar" project. The artist utilized her computer graphics skills to produce 10,000 prints of the no-value currency, then stood on Wall Street handing out sheets of paper with the money (both front and back) printed on it. Gilbert joined many other artists in expressing the feelings of a nation disgruntled by the bailout package and the apparent downwards direction of the economy. While others put on tuxedos and held signs reading "Billionaires for the Bailout", Gilbert approached passing businessmen and asked them for their view of the situation. Instead of a cathartic experience of vented frustrations, the artistic experiment has resulted in depressed non-answers from the business people on the street. Art often reflects the mood of society- today, the financial situation is bleak, and artists like Laura Gilbert are chanelling that gloom-and-doom sentiment into art that asks real questions. Join discussion...