THE ARTIST AND THE WORK ARE ONE. THE WORK IS THE ARTIST-SELF. FOR THIS WORK, LANS KING SURGICALLY IMPLANTED AN NTAG216 MICROCHIP CAPSULE IN HIS LEFT HAND. STORED ON THE MICROCHIP CAPSULE IS A CRYPTOGRAPHIC CODE WHICH REPRESENTS A REGISTRY OF THE ARTIST-SELF. THE CODE IS THE BLOCKCHAIN HASH OR ADDRESS GIVEN TO THIS SPECIFIC WORK ON CODEX PROTOCOL, A PLATFORM THAT TRACKS THE OWNERSHIP, ORIGIN, AND PROVENANCE OF ARTWORKS ON THE ETHEREUM BLOCKCHAIN. THE CHIP WAS IMPLANTED BY JOWAN ÖSTERLUND OF BIOHAX INTERNATIONAL, AT 2019.03.22.15:43 IN HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN. THE CODE AS WELL AS OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE MICROCHIP POST IMPLANTATION USING RFID PROTOCOLS. THE PROJECT IS A CONCEPTUAL ARTWORK IN THAT IT IS NON-PHYSICAL. THE MICROCHIP CAPSULE IS A READYMADE ARTEFACT. IT IS AN ONGOING PERFORMANCE ARTWORK THAT USES OF THE ARTIST’S BODY AS A MEDIUM. FINALLY, IT IS A DIGITAL WORK THAT EMPLOYS CRYPTOGRAPHIC BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND MICROCHIP COMPONENTS.
PROJECT NAME AND DATE A POETIC ALGORITHM CODEX PROTOCOL BLOCKCHAIN REGISTRY HASH IPFS LINK AND CORRESPONDING NFT HASH PRESCRIBED VALUE : PI X 1 000 000
MICROCHIP SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL: NTAG216 SERIAL NUMBER: 04:7D:AF:32:0A:54:81 TAG TYPE: ISO 14443-3A TECHNOLOGIES: NFCA / MIFAREULTRALIGHT / NDEF CAPACITY: 924 BYTES AVAILABLE: 888 BYTES
