Notes on the concept and meaning of
Invisible Gift / Invisible Monument
Invisible Gift Photographs
Here are some ideas I'm interested in with the creation Invisible Gift/Invisible Monument:
1/ to signify the fact that museums are always built with artists' blood (artists=people)
the simple equation of capitalism is: blood=gold
2/ to create a work that is critical, conceptual and monumental at once, that can be
done without the support of millions of dollars, without the permission of authorities,
through a simple guerilla gesture and the related socio-mythological extensions
3/ to comment on the pathos and revolutionary heroic nature of builders of new cities,
like the construction of Dimitrovgrad, for example, in Bulgaria in the 50's, representing
the struggle for the future
4/ a new building represents a new epoch, the renewal of culture and our attitude towards
the essence/spirit of art new values of creation/creativity
5/ my idea relates to the ancient examples, pyramids, the burial of Attila the hun,
or eastern european ballads in which the mason's body gets built into the building integrated
into the foundations, and they all die soon afterwards, etc,
6/ my blood, as construction material, will make the AGO not only stronger and more
powerful, but it will turn the building into a legendary monument as well
7/ by mixing my blood into the concrete to be used for the construction of the new AGO,
the AGO will be the first museum in the world built with the blood of an artist 8/ to
refer to past present future at once, as it's evident that this idea belongs to the past,
present and the future at once (the construction wont be finished before 2008,
9/ to create a legend to become reality and reality to become legend
10/ to integrate personal reference codes into a public building in order to give a
soul to the concrete foundations
11/ to integrate the present reality of the AGO-s construction into a work of art without
any historical demand for justice:
12/ to define contemporary capitalism: blood=gold=$254million
Finally I note that my surprise blood-monument, as a work of art, will outlive, in time
and in physical conditions, the new glass and titanium facade, turning the AGO into an
immortal work of art without any nostalgia for art.
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