Blooodproof of Life, Part Videoproof und Lifeblood Art Edition
SHORT VERSION:
STWST organised the Bloodproof of Life format in Sept 2023 – as a collective art action with real lifeblood. The format led to permanent queues during its realisation at STWST. The VIDEOPROOF shows around 90 participants who donated 4 ml of blood during the live action and received it back as their Lifeblood. They tested the authenticity of their life in a multiple proof – and/or planned to go on the art market with their lifeblood. At STWST48x10 in 2024, the Videoproof part was shown, plus an installative setting and the detection of the Art Edition of 2023. A project of STWST, conceived in main parts by Tanja Brandmayr/Quasikunst.
SHORT VERSION – SHOWN AT:
The Videoproof part was already shown as a continuation of the larger Stadtwerkstatt Bloodproof spectacle 2023 at the servus.at festival AMRO 2024 – as Bloodproof of Life, Part Videoproof, AMRO 2024, Art Meets Radical Openness, at architekturforum oö, 8-11 May 2024: https://art-meets.radical-openness.org/2024/program/bloodproof-of-life-part-video-proof/
The videoproof was also shown in the Stadtwerkstatt at STWST48x10 NOPE, and a Lifeblood edition suitable for the art market was also published here. Bloodproof of Life, Part Videoproof and Lifeblood Art Edition, as part of STWST48x10 NOPE 6-8 Sept 2024: https://stwst48x10.stwst.at/bloodproof_of_life_part_videoproof
Blooodproof of Life, Part Videoproof and Lifeblood Art Edition
Projection, Installation, Art Edition
LONG VERSION:
In September 2023, STWST organised the format Bloodproof of Life – as a collective art action with real lifeblood. An appeal was made: Stadtwerkstatt gives you back your lifeblood – come and get it!
4 ml of blood was taken from volunteers. This was followed by several checks of the participants and their lifeblood, by survey, seal, blockchain, hash and video proof. The authenticity of blood, participants, hash, chain, video and overall participation in the collective lifeblood project was confirmed in a reciprocal multiple proof. Finally, the participants received their ampoule of lifeblood back as a transformed, certified blood-to-art object suitable for the art market.
During its realisation at STWST, the format led to constant queuing. Topics between “lifeblood as a resource”, i.e. the internal operating systems of engagement, and the currently discussed extraction of resources and the best parts of people, their DATA, were critically reflected – as well as the technological and social regimes that make this possible. Infos to the Bloodproof of Life as a collective art action with real lifeblood in the Stadtwerkstatt 2023: See link below.
In 2024, at STWST48x10, the video proof plus parts of the multiple checks are shown, plus an installative setting.
The VIDEOPROOF showed around 90 participants who wanted their lifeblood back.
They tested the authenticity of their lives in a multiple proof – and/or planned to go on the art market with their lifeblood.
CREDITS:
BLOODPROOF OF LIFE, 2024, Videoproof, Installation and Determination of the Art Edition
Shown at STWST48x10 NOPE. 48 Hours of Various Comments. 6.-8. Sept 2024 at STWST.
Overall concept and realisation: Tanja Brandmayr/STWST
Video editing of the shown video: Franziska Thurner
https://stwst48x10.stwst.at/en/bloodproof_of_life_part_videoproof
BLOODPROOF OF LIFE, 2023, Collective Art Action with your Lifeblood
Shown at STWST48x9 COLD HEAVEN. 48 Hours of Immersive Trash. 8.-10. Sept 2023 at STWST Linz
A project of STWST
Conceived in the main parts: Tanja Brandmayr/Quasikunst
Relevant support: servus.at
All info and full line-up of the many great people involved:
https://stwst48x9.stwst.at/en/bloodproof_of_life
More about Quasikunst: https://newcontext.stwst.at/en/projects/quasikunst/start
Image: Videostill