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PROJECT RESET

Project Reset is a 20-year time capsule project created in 2020 with a timelapse period from 2021-2041. This is a user-generated documentary by Far Features.

 

A USER-GENERATED TIME CAPSULE
ADDRESSED TO THE FUTURE 

2021-2041.com

 

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Reset www.farfeatures.com

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE @_PROJECT RESET. a 20-YEAR TIME CAPSULE PROJECT ADDRESSED TO THE FUTURE.

ENTRIES OPEN : AUG 1, 2020
ENTRIES CLOSE: MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 31, 2021

This user-generated documentary explores humanity’s broken relationship with nature and recognises the COVID19 pandemic as a global moment of interconnection. The time capsule opened for entries August 1, 2020 and closed midnight December 31, 2021. Project Reset invited the public to imagine and predict the future in 1,000 character short letters utilising AI technology on our online time capsule 2021-2041.com A film, book and online future series is due to launch in 2022-2023.

RATIONAL

The pandemic was a time when the interconnectedness of all humans and nature was finally realised by everyone, everywhere.

The pandemic has presented humanity with a chance to push the reset button. What news ways of living will emerge from the ashes. Will we finally mend our broken relationship with the natural world? And how will technological advancement propel us into the future? Project Reset confronted these questions in a new creative means of expression and storytelling.

ENTER TIME CAPSULE

Project Reset www.farfeatures.com
Project Reset www.farfeatures.com
Project Reset www.farfeatures.com

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PROJECT RESET — GUIDELINES / FAQs / TERMS

 

GUIDELINES: HOW DOES THE PLATFORM WORK? 

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STEPS

1. Visit Project Reset time capsule 2021-2041.com

2. Read the online platform and scroll down to Letterbox #1: Write to 2021. Address your post, Dear 2021 and sign off, sincerely 2020. Post a max 1,000-character experience during the pandemic in 2020.

3. Select Female/Male voice. Then hit post. A copy of your message will automatically be sealed in the time capsule. Write to 2021 results will be published August 1, 2021 in film, online and print as part of a collective narrative. Your post may be selected to appear in the project ongoing anonymous project blog or on social media, anonymously. Check @_projectreset every two weeks for updates.

4. After you hit post, an audio widget will appear. Press play. You will hear an AI voice that will read your letter to you.

5. Now you can download your audio file

6. Keep it. Save it somewhere safe. This is a one-time download.

7. Next, scroll down to Letter #2: Write to 2041. Here, address your letter to the year 2041 and sign off, sincerely 2020. Post your intentions and set predictions for the future year 2041.

8. Select Female/Male voice. Then hit post. A copy of your message will automatically be sealed in the time capsule. Write to 2041 results will be published August 1, 2041 in film, online and print as part of a collective narrative. Your post may be selected to appear in the ongoing anonymous project blog or on social media. Check @_projectreset every two weeks for updates.

9. Share this project with a friend and invite them to post. This is a collective project, the more letters, the more intentions set, the better for the future. We are aiming for a minimum 1,000 letters by midnight, December 31, 2020.

10. Suggested mentions or tag “Be part of the future @_projectreset 2021-2041.com, a new time capsule project addressed to the future by @far_features (INST) farfeatures (facebook)

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TERMS / POLICIES

- All submissions are anonymous

- We collect no data whatsoever, only anonymous 1,000 character max posts.

- Any violent content will be immediately detected and deleted automatically by our platform.

- Any racist ideas or rhetoric will be immediately detected and deleted automatically by our platform.

- By posting to this project you grant our producers full rights to use, publish, transmit in audio your anonymous letter across Project Reset channels, including social media, podcast, website and any future online and real-world film elements of the project worldwide.

- Your downloaded audio files are for you to keep and use as you wish. If you use it in a video or audio project, please mention and tag @_projectreset and channels and pay the favour forward.

- Results for Dear 2021 will be published on the project blog and @_projectreset

- Results for Dear 2021 letters will be published August 1, 2021 either by the project creators

- Results for Dear 2041 letters will be published August 1, 2041 either by the project creators or trusted source we pass the project to.

- Lastly, enjoy the project. We have created this as creative response to our turbulent pandemic times.

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Fraser Morton