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Work
A photograph of three king penguins was transformed into nine independent colour compositions.
Photography · IPFS · Provenance
Colorful and glowing penguins
Nine digital works, one sold animated piece and a verifiable archive – based on a photograph of three king penguins in the Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands · Series created in 2021 · technically re-archived in 2026
The project
A work consists of more than a token.
The series deliberately distinguishes between the artistic work, the specific file, the blockchain record and long-term preservation. Reliable digital provenance emerges only from their documented relationship.
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File
Every published JPEG version has a unique content-derived IPFS CID.
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Token
ERC-1155 tokens document issuance, contract address, token ID and transactions on Ethereum.
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Archive
The files are stored on two personal IPFS nodes, an external pinning service and verified backups.
The editions
P1 to P9
Each card links to the locally archived original, the public IPFS CID and the associated Rarible token. The CID identifies the specific file independently of a single marketplace or gateway.
Sold once
Colorful and glowing penguins of the Falklands
The animated complete work joins the nine colour variants into a moving sequence. The file has its own CID and was sold on Rarible under token ID 533804.
QmaoRGN9A3Dh2KGTGWXGcYkwNF8NLAzYrs319gD66z2gbbTechnical documentation
Authentication requires several layers.
A blockchain can record a transaction immutably, but it cannot create authorship or artistic quality. The archive therefore connects the work description, files, CIDs, token IDs, storage locations and conventional backups.
If a file changes, its CID changes. The documented CID therefore identifies a specific published version.
The image data is recursively pinned on Deepmind and on the Raspberry Pi node ipfs3, with an additional external copy.
The combination of Ethereum network, contract address and token ID identifies the respective token.
CAR, file and repository backups with SHA-256 checksums supplement the live IPFS network.
Ethereum · ERC-1155 · Contract
0xd07dc4262bcdbf85190c01c996b4c06a461d2430Documentation rather than speculation
Tenckhoff Photo ArchiveThe token does not replace the work.
Its long-term value lies in the verifiable relationship between the work, file, creator, provenance and archive – not in the claim that a certificate is identical to the original.