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[IMANES PERMANENTES]. «CARNET DE ARTISTA» E «CERTIFICADO DE NACIMIENTO DE ARTISTA». Granada / Baracaldo. s.d. [c. 1995-2005]. - [IMANES PERMANENTES] «CARNET DE ARTISTA» E «CERTIFICADO DE NACIMIENTO DE ARTISTA» . Iniciativa de «Imanes Permanentes» (Ángel Sanz, La Tierra, Granada; Javier Seco, Granada; José Blanco, Baracaldo, Vizcaya). 1. «Carnet de Artista»: bi-fólio laranja com ficha técnica para preenchimento e convite à auto-expedição do cartão através do SECA (Servicio de Expedición de Carnets de Artista). 2. «Certificado de Nacimiento de Artista»: bi-fólio laranja com ficha técnica para preenchimento e convite à obtenção do certificado mediante envio de «DTA» (Demostración de Tu Arte) em formato DIN-A4. Granada / Baracaldo: Imanes Permanentes, s.d. [c. 1995-2005]. 2 bi-fólios; cartolina laranja; impressão offset a negro; 150×100 mm. A set of two bi-folios from the Spanish initiative ”Imanes Permanentes, ” a mail and conceptual art collective based in Granada and Baracaldo, comprising Ángel Sanz, Javier Seco, and José Blanco. The pieces are conceptual and satirical document-objects, in the tradition of Fluxus and institutional critique: the ”Carnet de Artista” (Artist's Booklet) and the ”Certificado de Nacimiento de Artista” (Artist's Birth Certificate) propose that the recipient self-certify their artistic status by filling out bureaucratic technical forms – name, surnames, nickname, date and time of birth, weight, eye color, ”artistic specialty, ” ”Why are you an artist?: Birth / Conviction / Education / Adoption” – and sending a ”Demonstración de Tu Arte” (DTA) in DIN-A4 format with a maximum thickness of two centimeters. The text parodies corporate and bureaucratic language (”this young and dynamic multinational founded in the last century”) to subvert the question of artistic legitimation, placing the artist as the sole certifier of himself - a gesture consistent with the anti-institutional ethics of Fluxus and mail art. Complete set. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate