Value of Values, Transactional Art on the Blockchain (video)
VALUE OF VALUE OF VALUES
TRANSACTIONAL ART ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Human abstractions live in our mind
Human Values LOVE, POWER, PEACE, KNOWLEDGE, are human abstractions
If making art is giving shape to ideas,
we can shape human values directly from our mind
Controlling the form just by thinking
Brain-Computer Interaction (BCI) makes neuro-design possible
the resulting liquid shape is like THOUGHT IN MOTION
BRAIN FACTORY and BRAIN WORKERS
Value of Values (VoV) is an art project
that helps us to better understand human values
Value of Values is exhibited all around the world
The visitors of the show give shape to values
Visitors are Brain Workers who own the model they have created
Models become “VoV” tokens registered to the Blockchain
The models become “VoV” tokens
registered to the Blockchain
Brain workers get a Value of Values wallet
and scan the VoV QR code
HAPPINESS07740 VoV is now part of the collection
The collector can decide to keep it, to sell it or to barter it
The value of HAPPINESS07740 VoV will depend on the trading
TRANSACTIONAL POETRY vs TRADING OF VALUES
Bartering PEACE to get MONEY is not a simple financial act,
It is a symbolic act,
converted into TRANSACTIONAL POETRY
Transactional Poetry generates a series of ETHICAL STATEMENTS
Inspired by actual transactions
If you give away MONEY for LOVE
it may become: “YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE MONEY TO FIND LOVE”
trading defines also the ethical profile of people, cities and countries
a collection expresses collectors’ priority in life.
Trading Charts show us how Values resist to market forces
the SCIENTIST, the READER and the INTERPRETING
On the Periodic Table of Values
The SCIENTIST keeps classifying the Values according to how they are collected
Giving shape to Values is also a form of writing
Brain-inspired VoV characters are like new written words to say the unutterable
The READER (AI) strives to decipher them
Matching the VoV with existing Chinese characters
the READER‘s findings are like written harmonics altering the original meaning of the Value
The INTERPRETER (AI) tells us how this conjunction of words makes full sense
REIFICATION of VALUES
VoV characters become valuable symbols, like calligraphy on scrolls
They represent our Values, so they can be displayed as our beliefs
They can be worn, in fashion, and tell the others about us
Although VoV tokens are abstract models
They can become physical
They can be reified, commodified as objects or artworks,
collectors can now speculate on the actual Value of Values
CREDITS:
VALUE OF VALUES
Transactional Art Project
by Maurice Benayoun With Tobias Klein, Nicolas Mendoza, Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Editing: Yip Ka Man, Charlie
Coming soon
Morphogenesis of Values Transactional Art Show
Curated by Ann Mak
Produced by Osage Art Foundation, Agnes Lin
with views of VoV exhibitions and events :
MICROWAVE FESTIVAL, HK CITY HALL
DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL 2019, RETRANSENS, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TAIPEI
LUX AETERNA, ISEA2019, AAC, GWANGJU, KOREA
ISEA2019 X VOV IVO, ART CENTER NABI, SEOUL KOREA
BAUHAUS100, MEET, PALAZZO BUONACCORSI MACERATA, ITALY
VRSO, LAVAL VIRTUAL 2012, FRANCE
NUIT BLANCHE PARIS
QUT MUSEUM OF ART, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
NEURO DESIGN LAB, SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
With the support of:
Asia Society Hong Kong Centre Poem Communications ACIM, The City University of Hong Kong, SCM MindSpaces, MindSpaces HK, S+T+Arts Lighthouse, Horizon2020EU
more on www.v-o-v.io