No Market Value

The artist Teresa Estapé records on video the process of freezing a 0.20 carat diamond, which is set on fire with a blowtorch on a base of burnt wood. The diamond is the most resistant in the scale of materials, but if at a temperature of around 2500-3000ºC there is an abrupt change in the thermal level, it “freezes” and loses all its brilliance. Subjected to an appraisal prior to this process, the market value as a diamond becomes zero for it has lost the main characteristics for which it is appreciated. On the other hand, it acquires a value as a work of art on display.