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Leni Smoragdova

Leni Smoragdova (TransactionArt)

SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Title: Transaction Art Universe (2012–Present)

Creator: Leni Smoragdova {$M}

Core Proposition: "Anonymity is the last true currency in a surveillance economy."

Definition: A living archive where:

• Human interactions are notarized as transactions (contracts, glitches, erasures)

• 3,214+ collaborators surrender identity under NDAs → collective authorship

• System failures (digital, bureaucratic, memorial) become the primary medium

Schedule a transaction: ng.pittora@gmail.com

I AM Fine Artist-Mixed Media LOOKING FOR Collective Exhibition, Gallery Space, Grants and Funding IN London

MY CREATIVE SKILLS ARE Visual Arts, Drawing Techniques, Collage MY TRANSFERABLE SKILLS ARE Creativity, Critical Thinking, Self-Motivation

CORE TRANSACTIONS (Selected Works)

 

1. HIDDEN FACES

 

Anonymity as Collective Power

Format: Photographs of Selfies

Transaction Type: Transaction

A participatory archive challenging identity commodification. Since 2010, over 3,214 participants have surrendered their likenesses to become Hidden Faces—each portrait digitally erased except for their hands’ forensic details. The work evolves as new participants sign NDAs granting/revoking visibility rights in perpetuity.

 
1a1a / A Hidden Face
1a1a / A Hidden Face
2a1a / A Hidden Face
2a1a / A Hidden Face
 
3a1a / A Hidden Face
3a1a / A Hidden Face
4a1a / A Hidden Face
4a1a / A Hidden Face
 
5a1a / A Hidden Face
5a1a / A Hidden Face
6a1a / A Hidden Face
6a1a / A Hidden Face
 

2. IT SIMULATION (2015–2023)

 

The Aesthetics of Failure

Format: Photographs of failed video calls

Transaction Type: Digital communication breakdown

Documented screenshots of corrupted video calls (2015–2023) between the artist and unwitting collaborators. Pixelation becomes both subject and medium, exposing the fragility of digital connection. The series includes a live "Error Feed" updating with new glitches.

 
1b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
1b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
2b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
2b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
 
3b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
3b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
4b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
4b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
 
5b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
5b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
6b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
6b1b / So distant and so close: Tel Aviv, Istanbul, 2023
 

3. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2013–2025)

 

Social Contracts Under Pressure

• Format: Public intervention archives

• Transaction Type: Social contract violation

2013–2017 public interventions where frozen bus stops became sites of protest. Documentation includes:

• Temperature logs from -40°C performances

• 10,000+ participant signatures (now archived as *Collective Action #1-47*)

 
1с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
1с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
2с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
2с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
 
3с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
3с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
4с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
4с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
 
5с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
5с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
6с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
6с3с / Inglourious Basterds: Heated Bus Stops
 

4. SENTIMENTAL ACTION (2022–2025)

 

Memory as Currency

Format: Public intervention archives

Transaction Type: Social contract violation

Reconstructed personal archives (2010–2022) through layered exposures. Each work is a transaction between:

✔ Recovered fragments

✔ Intentional erasures

✔ Third-party testimonies

 
1d4d / Setimental action
1d4d / Setimental action
2d4d / Setimental action
2d4d / Setimental action
 
3d4d / Setimental action
3d4d / Setimental action
4d4d / Setimental action
4d4d / Setimental action
 
5d4d / Setimental action
5d4d / Setimental action
6d4d / Setimental action
6d4d / Setimental action
 

5. FIGURES COLLECTION (2012–Present)

 

The Body as Ledger

Format: Photographs Sculptural documentation of neurological episodes

Transaction Type: Bodily Debt

Each figurine’s contortion encodes:

Medical reports (Redacted with FDA black-box warnings)

Witness statements (Notarized contradictions)

Insurance denials (Carved into resin as microtext)

 
1f1f / Figures collection: different version
1f1f / Figures collection: different version
2f1f / Figures collection: different version
2f1f / Figures collection: different version
 
3f1f / Figures collection: different version
3f1f / Figures collection: different version
4f1f / Figures collection: different version
4f1f / Figures collection: different version
 
5f1f / Figures collection: different version
5f1f / Figures collection: different version
6f1f / Figures collection: different version
6f1f / Figures collection: different version
 
 

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