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IBM Time Capsule 2050, Bronze Award
January 2025

Can we refocus consumption towards our personal relationships and self-worth? Can doom scrolling build personal communities? After creating a group manifesto repositioning ourselves to Instagram doom scrolling, practiced scheduled communal doom scrolling every day for ten minutes. Cathartic and wilful, we found myself using this practice as a form of self-discipline imagining a communal commitment more vital than wilful self-care or self-help.
 



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Co-created by Katie Luo, Johans, and Zifei Zhang. Video edited by Zifei Zhang. Documentation by  Katie Luo, Johans, and Zifei Zhang
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