One day, people were astonished to find that the long-dormant DApps had come back to life, like ghosts in the night, quietly growing in the void. Hidden within the transaction logs of abnormal blocks,... Read More

A prototype for a kit providing instructions, suggestions, and tools for reassigning the various information in a musical score. The demonstration includes musical examples and conceptual discussion, especially the role aesthetics play in the... Read More

The on-chain world is shaped by the data we own, and current data visualization tools are not enough for us to actively connect with our data. Do I understand my data? Can I interact... Read More

The goal of this program is to understand how could we protocol with uncommunicables, and what is protocol means to us.

We increasingly rely on digital spaces. Yet without a common language for them, we cannot imagine, articulate, and realize a shared future. We can summarize patterns that aid human flourishing, and form languages to... Read More

*Meet me on the deep net* is a tiny browser-based game about crossing an ocean to meet a stranger. It explores intimacy, trust, and the rituals of establishing connection while being anonymous.

Farflora is an exploration of generative art NFTs, experimentally integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the generative art creation process. Generative art typically involves autonomous systems, which can independently influence the characteristics of the artwork... Read More

This short story explores a possible Liquid Democracy protocol in which citizens have significantly more input on ballot propositions and lawmaking. It follow a high schooler who is attending a caucus to vote on... Read More

Marcie, a struggling potter, finds herself thrust into an unexpected whirlwind of success when her AI agent, Navi, transforms her art into a viral sensation. Quiet mornings at the wheel become a never-ending hustle... Read More

This is a multi-node real-time video protocol for nodes of cameras to un-expose, to see, to be masked, to meet each other, to be displaced while being here simultaneously, and to float in-between—all through... Read More

The goal of this project is simple: to create a resource that helps people understand what protocols are and why they matter. The motivation was to build a site that introduces protocols in a... Read More

Inspired by scientist Michael Levin’s research on xenobots, Micronaut Odyssey imagines a future of microbial robots wandering in space. As completely biological robots made from living cells, Xenobots can perform specific tasks without being... Read More

How will the future remember us? How will we remember ourselves as we live through the discontinuity and trauma of these times? What will we tell our children? In 2045 a network of memory... Read More

The 19-inch equipment rack format found in data centers has been used as a highly flexible technical standard since before the internet’s emergence. Devices of varied shapes and sizes fit within a wide range... Read More

Origin story of a protocol drifter who stumbles into becoming a sleuth