Oeuvre d’art conceptuelle imaginée par Caleb Larsen, A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter est un cube en acrylique noir de 20 cm de coté qui a la particularité de se remettre automatiquement en vente sur eBay grâce à une prise Ethernet intégrée. Actuellement en vente pour 4 250 dollars, l’oeuvre sera ainsi proposée de manière perpétuelle, tant que les nouveaux acquéreurs la connecteront à Internet. Tous les détails dans la suite !

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Description originale

Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own Making with Baudrillard’s writing on the art auction this sculpture exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is perptually 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.

This work is discussed in the catalogue for The Value of Nothing, a 2009 exhibition. Buy or download it. Follow the current auction here: http://atooltodeceiveandslaughter.com

Credits & copyright Caleb Larseng – via Luxury Issues