III
The Bloc


A folder with practically unlimited files provides a practically unlimited digital medium for creativity. To order the elements of the composition, and turn it into an artwork - a defined, carefully constructed unit of culture - we turn it into a Bloc.

The concept of the Bloc borrows from features of a block in a blockchain to create a work that is unique, immutable, and permanently stored. 

One new Bloc is created every day. This process began on January 1, 2019. Every Bloc is sequentially numbered and given a title. 喜1, “The Genesis Bloc”, was created on January 1, 2019, and every Bloc since has been numbered in sequence.

The Bloc file contains the contents of the cultural creation, as well as structural instructions on how the contents should be ordered. Also included are the Bloc number, the date, the artist(s) involved, and a hash of every previous Bloc file. Through this hashing mechanism, the Blocs are chained together.