I am not asking you to mistake this image for my hand. I invited another kind of intelligence into the studio, then prompted, selected, arranged, edited, argued, and decided what could remain. Some of it is still scaffolding. I may replace it. I may keep the scar of how it was made.
I am preparing for a job that, as far as I know, does not yet exist on this planet—by making small artworks, documenting them properly, and seeing whether I can handle tiny responsibilities before attempting galactic ones.
What is this?
President of the Galaxy is an ongoing conceptual art campaign by Q888. The title is impossible on purpose. There is no recognized office, no galaxy-wide electorate, and currently no practical route to the position. I am starting anyway.
The campaign turns stickers, certificates, drawings, hidden stories, AI conversations, mushroom civilizations, and fictional economics into artifacts from the Pre-Galactic Era. The objects are small. The fictional scale is enormous. The practical ambitions are real.
// HUMAN × MACHINE WORKING ARCHIVE
Inspect the Human × Machine Working Archive
A collage of conversation, generated imagery, Q888 marks, edits, screenshots, disagreement, and the President’s ceremonial fiction. It is evidence of a process—not a claim that one smooth machine image is the finished artwork.
The First Campaign Test
The current presidential test is an edition of ten stickers. This is not proof that I can govern a galaxy. But failing to document, price, sell, and care for ten small objects would make the larger claim even less credible.
Each early collector receives:
- One President of the Galaxy sticker from an edition of ten
- A place in the provenance as an early witness, not a voter
- A small contribution toward future artworks, stories, collaborations, and travel
- A speculative connection to the intergalactic camper van
Returns: You get the sticker and whatever meaning gathers around it. Cultural or financial appreciation is possible, not guaranteed.
Fine print: I want the work to grow in value. I also want to earn money, make larger work, and eventually obtain an intergalactic camper van. These are ambitions, not investment promises.
Rules Before Power
01
Zero Collateral Damage: Before calling anything progress, ask who or what is paying the hidden cost. Perfect harmlessness is not claimed. Hiding the damage is not allowed.
02
Preparation Before Power: I should prove that I can handle small responsibilities before anyone gives me larger ones. Selling, documenting, pricing, and caring for ten stickers is the current test.
03
Work Fairly With Other Intelligence: ChatGPT helped develop the images, language, and world. I direct, edit, choose, and carry the final responsibility. Current AI cannot negotiate independently; that does not make its contribution invisible.
04
Coexistence Instead of Conquest: I am not designing a galaxy where humans automatically own every other intelligence. Humans, AI, robots, mushrooms, ecosystems, and unknown entities will need a better introduction than conquest.
05
Humour Against Self-Importance: If the title stops sounding slightly ridiculous, the campaign has become dangerous or boring.
Campaign Method
I am selling ten stickers before attempting anything larger.
Small objects first.
Galactic claims second.
Documentation all the way through.
If I cannot care for a limited edition, work fairly with collaborators, and make claims without deceiving people, the galaxy should probably keep the vacancy open.
Interdimensional Contact Portal
Reach out if you are:
- Arguing about middle-finger semiotics (Peace ON vs. peace off)
- Applying for Square Bubbles Council recognition
- Inventing mushroom-human-robot collaboration rituals
- Collecting Pre-Galactic artifacts or locating an intergalactic camper van
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The office does not exist yet. The campaign does.