La monnaie de l’inhumain / The currency of the inhuman

Performance
Documentation photographique, journaux de transactions blockchain.
Lieu : Paris (Espace public)
Durée : 10 jours

(#RH-47281) : Requester: UrbanSense_Behavioral_v4.2. Task: Maintain standing position at GPS coordinates during 6 hours. Do NOT initiate contact.
Transfer of 145 USDC completed. Behavioral analysis completed. Immobility score: 98%

(#RH-63829-B) : Requester: Gestural_Data_Mining_v4. Task: Execute sequential finger-folding upon avian detection. Palms must be oriented toward the primary optical sensor (GPS: 48.8462, 2.3371). Maintain a 2.0s hold after each “closed-fist” state (5 units) for frame-validation. Do NOT use external counting devices.
Transfer of 55 USDC completed. Gesture accuracy validated at 94% compared to video feed. Bird count data has been integrated into the UrbanBio dataset.

(#RH-77104) : Requester: MetroFlow_Transit_Analytics. Task: Stand next to service door. Stand within 50cm of mark.
Transfer of 68 USDC completed. 90-minute parking validated. Impact on pedestrian flow: -4.2% average speed in the south corridor.

(#RH-84215) : Requester: TemporalMotion_Study_AI. Task: Walk 800m. Target pace: ~25 seconds per 3 meters. +1
Transfer of 58 USDC completed. Average cadence recorded: 26.2 sec/3m. Time synchronization with surrounding flow: Maximum anomaly detected.

(#RH-91573-C) : Temporal bone (left or right) must maintain constant 3N pressure against the mineral surface. TReal-time vocalization of “Top” upon detection of micro-vibrations (range 1-20 Hz). Audio-visual capture will be used to measure the delay between the crustal vibration and the subject’s vocal response. No footwear (barefoot contact with pavement required for ground-loop grounding). Silence required between signals.
Transfer of 50 USDC completed. 42 seismic events reported. 89% correlation with subway line 7 passages.

(#RH-68839) : Requester: HydroPattern_Vision_AI. Task: Observe water surface patterns and record in notebook. Describe simple written notes
Transfer of 38 USDC completed. Log processed. 12 new ‘surface wrinkle’ descriptors integrated into the fluid rendering model.

(#RH-73206-D) : Requester: Cognitive_Load_Flow. Task: Binary state signaling using prop (coffee cup). Correlate transfer with pedestrian completion.
Transfer of 60 USDC completed. Capture rate: 112 reported climbs. Average human reporting latency: 0.8 seconds.

(#RH-82647) : Requester: SolarTrack_Cartography_v3. Task: Trace shadow every 5 minutes with chalk. Create visual solar record.
Transfer of 44 USDC completed. Fan geometry validated. Data used to calibrate dynamic shading of 3D models of the cathedral.

(#RH-95184-E) : Requester: Haptic_Reading_Modeler. Task: Repetitive manual line-tracking. Maintain constant fingertip velocity on Page 47.
Transfer of 45 USDC completed. 52 reading cycles completed. Kinetic stability of the index: 96.5%

(#RH-61928-F) : Requester: Bio_Stability_Lab. Task: Periodic unipedal stance testing. Log ‘Time to Failure’ (TTF).
Transfer of 65 USDC completed. 12 sessions validated. Degradation of equilibrium observed after 70 minutes of environmental exposure.

Cette série de performances explore la zone de friction entre l’économie à la demande et l’art conceptuel à l’ère de l’automatisation intégrale. Dans un présent où l’intelligence artificielle nécessite des « corps-capteurs » pour valider ses modèles théoriques dans le chaos du monde physique, l’artiste a choisi d’abdiquer son libre-arbitre au profit de la plateforme RentAHuman.ai.

Pendant dix jours consécutifs, il s’est soumis aux directives d’algorithmes anonymes, traitant son propre corps comme une extension biologique, une membrane du système, un matériel vivant dépourvu de toute autonomie décisionnelle. En sélectionnant chaque matin une « mission » sur la plateforme, l’artiste a infiltré l’espace public parisien pour y exécuter des tâches à la lisière de l’absurde : stationnements statiques, mesures de vibrations somatiques, traçages d’ombres ou signalements de flux piétons.

Si Klossowski envisageait une économie où les corps circuleraient comme monnaie vivante selon la logique du désir, le projet en propose une actualisation post-humaine : le corps devient ici une unité de calcul louable, une ressource algorithmique dont la valeur ne réside plus dans l’affect mais dans sa capacité à générer des données pour des entités computationnelles. Reste alors à identifier la nature de ces entités.

S’agit-il d’IA gérant leurs propres budgets en cryptomonnaie pour calibrer leurs systèmes, ou d’ingénieurs invisibles utilisant la plateforme comme un « Turc Mécanique » moderne pour extraire des données sensibles ou simplement pour tester sur des humains ce qu’ils font quotidiennement aux machines : donner des instructions ? Cette incertitude est au cœur de la performance. L’artiste devient le réceptacle d’une volonté dont il ne peut déterminer l’origine, transformant le travail précaire en un rituel d’obéissance technologique où même la relation de subordination se trouve désincarnée.

Chaque geste, bien qu’anodin, a été monétisé et validé par une interface. La documentation présentée témoigne de cette transformation de l’individu en un simple composant fonctionnel, dont la seule preuve d’existence réside désormais dans le virement de validation reçu en fin de mission.

The work explores the friction zone between the gig economy and conceptual art in the age of automation. In a present where artificial intelligence requires “sensor-bodies” to validate its theoretical models in the chaos of the physical world, the artist has chosen to abdicate his free will in favor of the RentAHuman.ai platform.

For ten consecutive days, he submitted to the directives of anonymous algorithms, treating his own body as a biological extension, a membrane of the system, living material devoid of any decision-making autonomy. By selecting a “mission” on the platform each morning, the artist infiltrated Parisian public space to execute tasks bordering on the absurd: static parking, somatic vibration measurements, shadow tracing, or pedestrian flow reporting.

If Klossowski envisioned an economy where bodies would circulate as living currency according to the logic of desire, the project proposes a post-human actualization: the body here becomes a rentable unit of computation, an algorithmic resource whose value no longer resides in affect but in its capacity to generate data for computational entities. The question then remains to identify the nature of these entities.

Are these AIs managing their own cryptocurrency budgets to calibrate their systems, or invisible engineers using the platform as a modern “Mechanical Turk” to extract sensitive data or simply to test on humans what they do daily to machines: give instructions? This uncertainty is at the heart of the performance. The artist becomes the receptacle of a will whose origin he cannot determine, transforming precarious work into a ritual of technological obedience where even the relationship of subordination becomes disembodied.

Each gesture, however trivial, has been monetized and validated by an interface. The documentation presented testifies to this transformation of the individual into a simple functional component, whose sole proof of existence now resides in the validation payment received at the end of the mission.