The odd conjunctions of a frond of bananas, sumo wrestlers, a 100 €uro currency, a classical European (Baroque-Rococo) facade and an excerpt from the writings of seer-physicist Nostradamus may seem a potent witch’s brew. It’s Masnoor Ramli Mahmud’s take on the Humpty-Dumpty nature of the global financial system, making even the staple currencies into banana notes with echoes of a banana republic. The blueprint of Bretton Woods led to the formation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide a framework of economic stability after the Great Depression of the 1930s, but alternative hedges like gold, silver, bonds and even Bitcoin have tried to challenge a still volatile system. Masnoor Ramli Mahmud is involved in most unusual art assignments, being embedded in the two-week expedition from North America to Europe (on a single-engine Pilatus PC-12) in 2012, and the 55-day Petronas Nusantara 4x4 expedition (exhibition at Galeri Petronas in 2007). He also worked as assistant scenic partner for the Hollywood movie, Anna And The King. He won Honorable Mentions twice in the Asean Art Award Malaysian-level competition in 1994 and 1995. Masnoor, a graduate from the ITM Class of 1991, was a member of Matahati.