Selling The Worthless (2014)

Selling the Worthless

Performance, 2014

Documentation Video: 30’04”

A documentation of a performance where the artist put her body up for auction online. Buyers could bid on any part of her body in A4 size, the artist then scanned the respective part and provided a print. The auction happened entirely on the messaging app, WeChat. The video is a reconstruction of the event, using screenshots of the actual online conversation during the auction.

贱卖品

行为,2014

纪录录像:30分04秒

此视频记录了艺术家将自己的身体放到网上进行拍卖的行为过程。竞拍者可以对她身体任一A4大小的局部进行出价并竞拍,最高出价者将得到艺术家相应身体部位的1: 1扫描打印件。本视频由该次线上拍卖的对话截屏制作而成,严格如实还原拍卖全过程。

Stills from the video/录像截图:

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A 4’20 min extract from the documentation video of the auction. The original video has a duration of 30 min./录像节选,原片为30分钟:

Installation view: