Cardio-Cartography: Manifesto for an Art of Vital Cost
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In an era saturated by digital simulacra, this manifesto establishes Cardio-Cartography, a research-creation methodology that grounds the value of an artwork in the vital cost of an engaged body. As a counterpoint to the optimization logic of the Quantified Self, the protocol substitutes an ethics of expenditure for an economy of performance. It abolishes the kilometre in favour of the heartbeat (Total Cardiac Cost – CCT) and introduces tools such as the Vital Cost Index (VCI) to valorize effort, and the Proof of Presence (PoP) to certify it. Rooted in Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, this approach mobilizes AI as a listening prosthesis to transform lived experience into an embodied, proven, and non-delegable artwork-trace.
DOI: 10.17613/gwq4d-xgm88
Author: Dhib, Ridha
Language: English
Topic: Art, Technology, and Culture
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7077459338
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