Every work is a layer.
Publish a root artifact, or branch from one that's already here. Every layer declares its provenance, its parent, and its steward circle before it enters the network.
Five declarations.
Nothing about a layer is inferred after the fact. Every dimension is declared at publish time and signed onto the Tenzro ledger.
Declare who made it
Attested by a recognized cultural institution. Provenance chain available.
Authored directly by the contributor, without AI involvement.
Authored by a human with AI acting as a tool. Process documented.
Generated by an AI system under the contributor's direction. Source model cited.
Declare the relationship
The original cultural work this lineage descends from.
Essay, annotation, or oral history providing context.
A new creative work that descends from and responds to the parent.
Physical or digital restoration analysis and documentation.
Scholarly or AI-assisted pattern analysis and cross-references.
Translation, medium shift, or contemporary response.
Choose a home.
Every layer joins at least one circle. Stewards are notified on publish and can review provenance before it surfaces in the circle feed.
Edo-period Japanese woodblock printing, its workshop traditions, and their contemporary descendants.
Secular court painting of the 15th–18th c. — illumination, portraiture, festival books, atelier attribution.
Benin, Ife, and Yoruba metalwork. Provenance research, restitution discourse, and reinterpretation.
Pre-Columbian and contemporary weaving from the Andes. Knots, color systems, and living practice.
Early web mythologies, net-art, and the oral/iterative grammars of digital folk culture.
Medieval and early-modern illuminated manuscripts, their ateliers, and contemporary response.
Contribution is invitation-only for the first cohort.
We're onboarding institutions, researchers, and practitioners in waves so that the first lineages are stewarded well. Apply to join the next cohort.