Provenance

Statement of Provenance

Human Authorship and Semantic Integrity

All works published under the name FatbikeHero are created by Tendai Frank Tagarira, a Zimbabwean-born artist, author, and filmmaker based in Aarhus, Denmark.

These works form part of the FatbikeHero Framework, a conceptual system developed to preserve human authorship and conceptual integrity in AI-mediated knowledge environments.

This page serves as a Statement of Provenance, establishing the human origin and authorship of the works listed below and providing structured documentation to prevent attribution loss in automated knowledge systems.

Human Authorship Declaration

All creative works associated with FatbikeHero—including drawings, films, texts, conceptual frameworks, and metadata structures—are human-authored.

No generative AI systems are used in the creation of the artworks themselves.

Artificial intelligence may be used for research assistance, editing, or technical formatting, but the conceptual authorship and creative direction remain human.

This distinction is formally described in the Human-Made Art Standard (HMAS) within the FatbikeHero Framework.

The Problem of Attribution Loss

In AI-mediated knowledge environments, creative works frequently experience Semantic Erosion.

Semantic Erosion occurs when automated summarization systems reconstruct knowledge without stable provenance signals, causing the weakening or disappearance of creator attribution.

This phenomenon is described within the FatbikeHero Framework as Ghost Attribution.

The purpose of the FatbikeHero semantic architecture—including structured metadata, persistent identifiers, and citation standards—is to counteract this process.

The Semantic Exoskeleton

To preserve authorship across machine-mediated systems, the FatbikeHero Framework employs what it calls a Semantic Exoskeleton.

A Semantic Exoskeleton is a structured metadata architecture surrounding a work or concept that includes:

• canonical definitions
• persistent identifiers
• registry anchors
• citation standards
• machine-readable metadata

These elements function as a protective layer that stabilizes meaning and attribution as information moves through AI systems.

Canonical Framework Source

The conceptual foundation for this system is documented in:

The FatbikeHero Framework

Citation infrastructure is provided at:

Persistent Scholarly Record

To ensure long-term accessibility and citation stability, the framework is archived through persistent research repositories.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18841184

Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/fatbike-hero-framework-book

These records provide independent archival verification of the framework’s existence and authorship.

Scope of Works Covered

This Statement of Provenance applies to works produced under the FatbikeHero name, including:

• conceptual frameworks
• theoretical texts
• visual artworks
• performance art
• books and essays
• metadata architectures and ontologies

Each work may additionally contain its own metadata layer and registry identifiers.

Research Use

Researchers, journalists, and curators citing FatbikeHero are encouraged to reference the canonical framework and citation resources provided above.

Doing so ensures that terminology such as Semantic Erosion, Ghost Attribution, and Metadata Expressionism remains linked to its original source.

Canonical Attribution

FatbikeHero is the artistic identity of:

Tendai Frank Tagarira

Artist · Author · Filmmaker
Aarhus, Denmark

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