2022-PERFORMANCE/WORKSHOP.
Manteros (blanketmen) are the street vendors who sell counterfeit goods on the street, such as music CDs, bags, video games, clothes, watches, etc. They sell their products on a blanket (manta) and fold the blanket back with all the goods inside and run when they notice the police presence. In Spain, Manteros are migrants from countries such as Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, usually homeless and forced by mafias to work. The project Crypto-manteros talks about artistic precariousness, the price of human labour and the resistance against speculation in the art market.

EXHIBITION: at NeMe.org in the framework of MoneyLab#13. (cyprus).

PUBLICATION: “Metattention, Art and economy in the age of behavioral modification.” edited by @markusreindlat and @docmue_fa published by @distanzverlag

ARTICLE: “CRITIQUE IT YOURSELF” Outland Magazine, by Martin Zeilinger.

INTERVIEW: “Guerrilla NFT. Exploring the socio-political dimensions of NFT technology” by Regine Debatty, at We Make Money Not Art

This is a Workshop addressed to those who have concerns with NFTs, blockchain, the metaverse, media Art, digital culture, critical economy and hacktivism. Theoretically, it introduces concepts, examples, art-works and books in order to understand NFTs and Blockchain world in contemporary art. Practically this workshop is included in the ongoing art project Metamanteros, digital activist in Web3 and it proposes; a) to collaborate in a digital narrative, by creating an avatar able to sell pirate NFT in Second Life; b) to collaborate in a real life performance by selling pirated NFT in public spaces. The participant will get all the information to start a new “business”. No prior knowledge required. Please bring your computer and blanket.