Certificates of authenticity for mixed-media art
Mixed-media and assemblage works combine materials and often defy a single clean photograph. Attesian certifies them with a signed certificate and an append-only provenance record, and represents their identity honestly.
Register a work and it receives its genesis event and certificate. Depending on how dimensional the piece is, identity leans on the registry and attestation more than on the image.
Materials are recorded as free text, so an unusual combination is captured rather than forced into a box.
The genesis event fixes authorship; every later event is appended, never overwritten.
The trust tier shows which facts are self-reported and which are corroborated.
How image fingerprinting applies
Mixed-media work ranges from near-flat to fully three-dimensional, so the perceptual image fingerprint varies in strength. Attesian treats it as supporting evidence and relies on the registry and attestation for identity.
Questions
- How are unusual materials recorded?
- Materials are captured as free text on the work, so the record reflects what the piece actually is instead of squeezing it into a fixed list.