To produce work for an upcoming exhibition the artist, redistributed the $200 stipend to people who shared a similar aesthetic by stamping $20 dollar bills and putting them in pockets of clothing that he liked, but didn’t buy. An ongoing component of Martinez’ work is the recognition of the relationship between the individual and a larger group comprising unknown participants. In The stipend from an art show… unknown constituents are bound by aesthetic preferences, not unlike art world formations.

In opposition to the work of art, the singular object, Martinez situates his actions within a system where the visual, performative, and discursive features can overlap. The art is always in flux and is rarely seen in all its manifestations by the same audience. Martinez aims to better understand the temporal relationship between subjects, objects, and space. These seemingly disparate elements are linked by all that escapes the immediate body of art. Martinez works with what is outside of the art object to create a larger tapestry of informational circuits.