Performance artist Petr Davydchenko opened auction for the sale of a non-fungible token (NFT), in which he recorded a looping video of a live bat in his mouth outside the doors of the European Parliament.
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Starting price — 2.5 WETH (~$4100). The auction on the OpenSea platform will run until 12:52 MSK on February 27.
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In the video, a tattoo on Davydchenko’s forehead bears the name of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical corporations. According to the artist, this was his way to draw public attention to health-care issues.
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«The EU takes millions of euros in lobbying money from big pharma every year. My performance is necessary to raise awareness of the millions of deaths resulting from government-approved corporate murder.», — he explained his actions in a press release to DeCrypt.
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As of writing, there were no bidders willing to raise the bid for the NFT.
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EU legislation provides a fine for “intentional harm to animal life” of €1,500 ($1,820). In case of “acts of cruelty” or “serious injuries” the punishment rises to €30,000 ($36,400) and may lead to a prison sentence of up to two years.
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On OpenSea, in the auction description, a native of the closed town Arzamas-16 Davydchenko stated that such performances give him “means of livelihood.”
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Recall, at Foundation’s auction recently sold a popular meme GIF of Nyan Cat for 300 ETH (~$568,000 at the time of writing).
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On February 17, Christie’s first put up for auction a non-fungible token. The work Everydays: The First 5000 Days was created by artist Mike Winkelmann, known by the pseudonym Beeple.
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