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)
CORE TRANSACTIONS (Selected Works)
1. HIDDEN FACES
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.
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.
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.
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*)
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
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)
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