Art on Piano tracks conceptual art added to used pianos, and provides origin and provenance information about the art, and the pianos it has been added to. Conceptual art is defined by the Geddes Research Institute Art and Architecture Thesaurus as “art from any period in which the idea represented is considered more important than the finished product.”.
A piano becomes part of the Art on Piano Registry, when its owner gives permission, its place, date, manufacturer of origin has been identified, and it is assigned a unique number in the Art on Piano Registry. Since the Art on Piano Art project is a conceptual art project, the moment it is registered, the piano is considered to have begun its period of liminality towards becoming a dual identity as both art and as piano. Liminality ends, when the piano has been accepted as both art and piano, by the owner and the people who encounter it. How a piano passes through liminality and when liminality ends will vary from piano to piano. Collector’s are encouraged to keep provenance records for both piano and evidence of the conceptual art.
Visual art objects, like the Complimentary Skills art decal that is featured in this website, are evidence of conceptual art connecting with a fine artist and are noted in the Art on Piano Registry. Recordings that are part of a sound art project, like The Piano Encounter Sound Art Project, are also evidence of conceptual art and are noted in the registry when the recordings are part of an sound art installation in a museum or venue or have been recognized in an international audio broadcast.