A cluster in dialogue with the Eo1 collective

The commons, in cross-section.

A vertical cut through everything that has settled, compacted, and endured — the strata of sources, the fossils of works whose lineage has held, and the register at the base

Commoning — geological cross-section A cross-section through the strata of the commons. Trees on the surface are living works. The strata are source works from different periods. Fossils are older works preserved in the record. The bedrock is the register.

Hover, focus, or tap any layer to read what it is.

Commoning is a working cluster of the Eo1 collective Web3 site. It demonstrates the register in practice: a small set of works, recorded with their relations, their contributors, and their dates, with on-chain attestations that anyone can inspect.

The cluster forms part of a larger research programme on the ontology of cultural works — what a work is, how it lives, and what a record of it can and cannot hold. The cluster is the empirical component of that programme: a place where the argument is tested against the friction of implementation.

It is not a finished artefact. It is a demonstration that the design is possible, and a working instance of what the design produces.

This is a working research prototype designed and implemented by Amy Kellam using established attestation and storage services. Its next stage requires independent technical review and collaboration on security, key management, accessibility, interoperability, and long-term maintenance.

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