As collectibles today, the friction models are worth somewhat less than official promos, but the quaintness of the frictions makes them equally appealing.
Working primarily in sculpture and installation, her projects leverage open-source systems, shareware logic, and flows of capital, creating frictions between high ideals and everyday materials.
Agents in an emerging economy often need external finance but informational frictions or limited commitment can limit their access to international capital markets.
Normal frictions that arise in any relationship -- a sour mood spoiling a dinner, tension around whose apartment to sleep at -- start coarsening their time together.
