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?