We are a group of researchers trying to uncover this hidden history by digging through these records. We built a wooden totem for the blockchain in Cambridge that will speak these messages and become a repository of our history. Our goal is an idiosyncratic ‘anarchaeology’ that focuses on “attractions, sensations, events, or phenomena that create a stir and draw our attention; these demand to be portrayed in such a way that their potential to stimulate can develop and flourish” (Zielinski 2006, p. 34)
Zielinski, S., 2006. Deep Time of the Media: Towards and Archaeology of Hearing and Seeing by Technical Means. MIT Press.
We need your help to sort through the quarter of a million messages and review their meaning. Your findings will be spoken aloud over 8 channels at the memorial totem in Cambridge for all to hear.
The ‘Love’ category includes wedding and valentine messages. ‘Adverts’ promotes crypto currencies and tech products. ‘Tales’ reflects on culture and politics while ‘Hello World’ lists technical tests and proofs of work. ‘Memorials’ voices eulogies for the dead, while ‘Poetry’ are lyrical descriptions of life. ‘Shout Out’ contains messages to the future of humanity and ‘Faith’ relates expressions of belief.