Notarists are existential notaries. They verify and document the existence of human beings.

 

A Notarist is an artist who serves as an impartial witness to live/real-time human actions, at a specific date/time/place, as proof-of-humanity, and provides documented validation if said actions satisfy their requirements.

 

Notarist-provided documentation is useful for proving a person is, in fact, a human being, i.e. “not a robot.” 

 

Documentation is also helpful when evidence is required that a human, in fact, executed a specific task (vs an artificial intelligence).

 

Anyone can become a Notarist. There are only two requirements:

• You must be, yourself, a Notarist-documented human.
  • Provable via Notarist provided document(s) and verification
• You must agree to the Code of Conduct

 

A Notarist is not an official position like a notary public (though a Notarist could be a notary public).

 

Service-as-an-Artwork

The services the Notarists will offer fall under the concept of Service-as-Art or Service-as-an-Artwork.  The actual verification process and documents provided as a result of these services can be considered works of art. They have no official or legal status.

 

Service Descriptions

 

Existential Notarization

Deliverable - signed document confirming the humanity of the individual seeking verification (Subject).

 

Process:

• IRL meeting is scheduled with a Notarist at a mutually agreed upon place and time.
• The Notarist and the Subject agree on what action the Subject will perform in the Notarist's presence . There are no set requirements for the action(s). The Notarist controls what is expected.
• The meeting begins and the notaree performs the agreed upon action(s).
• If the Notarist is satisfied that the action(s) performed prove the Subject’s humanity, validation documentation is provided which will include, at a minimum:
• Signed paper document, which must include Subject’s name, date/time, and the latitude/longitude of performed action(s). The Subject must also sign this document. The Subject keeps this document.
• Fully filled out and co-signed entry in the Notarist’s ledger/notebook.
• The Notarist has complete creative freedom regarding the documentation as long as the minimum requirements listed above are met.
   

Event/Action Notarization

Deliverable - signed document confirming that the individual seeking verification (Subject) performed a specific event or action, at a specific data and time.

 

Process:

IRL meeting is scheduled with a Notarist at a mutually agreed upon place and time.

• The Notarist is provided, by the Subject, a description of what event or action the Notarist will witness IRL.
• The meeting begins and the Subject performs the agreed upon event or action(s).
• If the Notarist is satisfied that the event or action(s) was performed IRL by the Subject, validation documentation is provided which will include, at a minimum:
  • Signed paper document, which must include Subject’s name, date/time, and the latitude/longitude of performed action(s). The Subject must also sign this document. The Subject keeps this document.
  • Fully filled out and co-signed entry in the Notarist’s official ledger.
  • The Notarist has complete creative freedom regarding the documentation as long as the minimum requirements listed above are met.
     

Existential Verification

Deliverable - document providing verification status query results for an individual.

 

Process:

• Name and other identifying information is submitted to the Notarist.
• The Notarist executes a lookup of the individual submitted.
• The results of the query are returned in a formatted document, signed by the Notarist.