A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
January 26th, 2010A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter by Caleb Larsen is a physical sculpture that is perptually attempting to auction itself on eBay. Here is the auction, the current bid is $4,250.
Every ten minutes the black box pings a server on the internet via the ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself.
If a person buys it on eBay, the current owner is required to send it to the new owner. The new owner must then plug it into ethernet, and the cycle repeats itself.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:56 am
“12. Any failure to follow these terms without prior consent of Artist will forfeit the status of the Artwork as a legitimate work of art. The item will no longer be considered a genuine work by the Artist and any value associated with it will be reduced to its value as a material object and not a work of art.”
I find this stipulation beyond amusing.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
dihs: then you don’t understand any modern artwork created since 1930.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:13 am
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January 30th, 2010 at 3:44 am
joe wrote “then you don’t understand any modern artwork created since 1930.”
does anyone?
August 22nd, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Hey Joe, that’s quite an unfair assumption. Just because dihs, and myself for that matter, find that stipulation amusing does not either of us our out of the loop here. I heard about this work and thought to myself that it was a poignant commentary on our current ideals of consumerism. This device ridicules the idea of ownership and the marketability of fine art. For me, that is pretty funny. How about you?
August 29th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I think It sucks, It shows that the Artist thinks there is a commercial value to art andd that the Artist wants to know ho much his work is valued at all times.
TL;DR, the Artist is whoring itself.
January 1st, 2011 at 5:33 am
Ha ha ha. Well
dihs can spot bullshit when he/she sees it, as can ALL of us who have been at the art game for decent period of time.