FIELD 
RESEARCH

ALGORITHM OPTION

ALGORITHM OPTION

ALGORITHM OPTION

BOREDOM

LIMITATIONS

FREEDOM

Oppressed people in their daily tasks
Realistic Reminder
Kinetic Installation

Target Group:
Goal:
Form:

Limitated situations caused by Corona
Social Impact, helping each other out
Service

Target Group:
Goal:
Form:

Target Group:
Goal:

Form:

The bored ones by Corona
Entertainment for multiple
people without a bigger purpose
Service

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Open database
Search for the words FOR - OUT - WILL - DO - SAY - ANY
Pick three data lines that are totally random with those words in it
Parse the sentences into subject / adjective / verb
Now ask a witty friend/roommate/girlfriend/father to create one new sentence with these words. There should be a task in it
Let them send it to you
Ask this to 5 more contacts and collect the tasks
find a few new friends who would like to help
you with fulfilling the tasks
Document it by filming, now you have 5 video’s
Create a storyline through your content and add new
additional content where needed to create a documentary
Send your quarantine video to IDFA and pray it doesn't look to amateuristic

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Open database
Search the word ‘NOT’
Pick one of the most interesting data for you
Search for the word ‘CAN’
Pick the data line that fits somehow with the first data you have found
State the subjects of both ‘data lines’
In what way can they help each other to get a little closer to their goal
Help in the ultimate best convincing way you can. With so much effort that you even feel proud although it totally crashed

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Open database
Search for the word ‘GET’ or ‘MORE’
Is the data you have found an example of a obligated situation or free will (autonomous)
Pick one of the two sides
if you picked ‘obligation’ put a ritalin pill in the medicine box
if you picked ‘free will’ put a coin in the money box with ‘Route 66’ on it

WHY

WHY

WHY

Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom. The coronavirus lockdown granted us the gift of time – let’s use it wisely and unleash our creativity by letting our minds wander, neural network where our most original ideas and problem solving happens. That’s how this algorithm was created. Boredom isn’t all great. It has been found to trigger some unpleasant thought patterns, including rumination – going round and round in your head about mistakes or fears. So when you’re done wondering and you’re out of ideas this algorithm waits for you. You can do it over and over again or challenge other people to do it.

We’re al victim to a great great crowned little virus called Corona which trashed our plans and overfilled agenda’s. Some of us organized their 50.000 euro wedding, a few lost someone, there couldn’t be a proper funeral with all the loved ones. International studies are cancelled and we’re at home trying to make the best out of it. These are examples of situations that can’t be fixed, but there are a whole lot more situations where persons were limited and could use some help to somehow make it work. This algorithm is written for those cases.

In a normal world where Corona doesn’t exist there’s always a little bit off pressure lurking around the corner, even in the most simple situations where you still need to fill in a data form to book a holiday with your friends. You would think that Quarantine would make life a little less stressful and that it would be okay to just sit as lazy as you can on the couch while you shamelessly stare at the ceiling. Why doesn’t it feel like that, why even now there still is a kind of peer pressure. We’re driven by our automatic pilots that sometimes need a little reminder to slow down and do nothing.