HISTORIC EVENT by 0xDEAFBEEF
A series of stop motion animations of junk and debris, performed in real time in synchronization with Ethereum. With every newly mined block (approx every 12 seconds) an animation frame is photographically captured and its SHA256 hash recorded in a transaction. The performance progresses by smoothly animating materials to form the first 8 digits of the starting frames blockhash.
The idea is to anchor these events in time. Spelling a recent blockhash shows that images could not have been prepared in advance. SHA256 image hashes recorded in consecutive blocks prove it could not have been any later. Piles of physical junk are full of entropy. They are optically complex, especially in motion. The detail and temporal coherence is beyond the current capabilities of generative AI models, offering proof of their physical existence.
Although they may appear to be "slop", optical and cryptographic proof make these verifiable HISTORIC EVENTS, a rare status in a media landscape that is becoming increasingly untethered from time and space. Read More
