via LaughingSquid:
Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own
Making with Baudrillard’s writingon the art auction this sculpture
exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is
perpetually attempting to auction itself on eBay.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.The sculpture, entitled “A Tool to Deceive and
Slaughter“, recently sold
on eBay for $6,350.00 and is now being shipped to its next “owner”.
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