₥є๓єภ†๏ ๓๏яเ one the first exchange a token not of ownership, but of action. a marker that you stepped forward when called. for the first time, holders are invited to use the protocol to send something they hold into the unknown and receive something new in return. this collaboration with claire silver is the opening move. to collect < born to push back > send a memento, enter the lottery. if you’re chosen, you receive a memento mori a memory of your decision and the quiet knowledge that you engaged. if not, your memento returns to you, untouched. but not unnoticed. this is how the story unfolds: through movement. through exchange. through the choices you make when no one is watching. the protocol is awake now. and it remembers everything. --- special thanks to claire silver, who's imagination, expertise and vision helped make < born to push back> the artwork it is.