The festival drew criticism last month for an art project that would crowd-source blood from Indigenous and Aboriginal people

Many Indigenous cultural leaders commented that the work perpetuated, rather than critiqued, the violence of colonialism

The Spanish artist says the work recognises the devastation caused by empire

Tim Steiner, whose entire back is covered in an ink piece created by Wim Delvoye, will sit in the empty Mona museum until the end of April