The Status Project.

Our identity is constructed as ourselves as human beings, 
that can possess one or more natural persons (straw men) 
and control one or more artificial persons (corporations).

Lower class human beings possess one severly reduced natural 
person and no control of an artificial person.

Middle class human beings possess one natural person and perhaps
control one artificial person.

Upper class human beings possess multiple natural persons and 
control numerous artificial persons with skillful 
separation and interplay.

The status project is surveying these class systems of 
human being management and is producing maps of influence 
and personal portraits for both comprehension and 
mobility.

The status project is also considering the border between
ascendant private supported blood hierachies such as facebook
and decendant public owned infrastructure such as the world wide web. 

Sections:

• Database of influence.
• Maps of influence.
• 0-9 of influence guidebook.
• Personal portraits.
• Personal potentials.
• Links.
• Admin.

• Questionaire.
• Anonymous letter box.
• Map of terrorism.
• Off the shelf natural person.
• Artist's self portrait at 42.
• What has most influence ?
• Natural person interface report.

• 2005 - Status sweepstake, Birmingham, UK.
• 2007 - Anonymous letter box auction, Bristol, UK.
• 2007 - Citizenship walk, London, UK.
• 2007 - Psychogeographic tour of Nottingham High Street, UK.
• 2008 - Identity orienteering competition, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK.

• Distributed South.
• Helix arts.
• Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).
• Tate Modern.
• Trampoline.

Notes:

A human being: 

A human being is a flesh and blood homo sapien body. 

A human being can be created by two human beings through sexual reproduction. 

A human being is sometimes created by two human beings with the aid of one or more natural or artificial person(s). 

A Human being can be destroyed by another human being, natural person or artificial person.

A natural person: 

A transferable bundle of rights and duties that can be attached to only one human being. 

A human being can be in possession one or more natural person(s). 

A natural person can be created by one human being, or by two or more natural person(s), or one or more artificial person(s). 

Natural persons and human beings are commonly mistaken for each other. 

A natural person can be destroyed by a human being owner or an artificial person.

Artificial person: 

A transferable bundle of rights and duties that can be attached one or more natural person(s) or one or more artificial person(s) or both, e.g. a corporation. 

A natural person can possess one or more artificial person(s). 

An artificial person can possess one or more artificial person(s). 

An artificial person can consist solely of one natural person, e.g. corporation sole. 

Natural persons and artificial persons are commonly mistaken for each other.

Artificial persons can be destroyed by natural persons and artificial persons.