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Art project. Counter Productive

A random button in a park with a countdown timer.

Instructions:

- Press the button to reset the 24-hour countdown timer.

- If the timer ever reaches zero, the project ends and the project will be removed.

- To keep the project alive — press the button

Its been running for 56 days with 820 button presses.

Write up: https://blog.abluestar.com/projects/2025-counterproductive/

Stats page https://blog.abluestar.com/other/counterproductive.html



You should make them input the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42


Those are cursed!


Are you ready to find out?! :D


Is it dead? According to the stats there’s a 25 hour gap :( great idea btw!


Maybe the project is a commentary on a post-truth world masquerading as a button.


Can you have it do something good for the park when it's been running for x days? Or would that make it mundane (productive) and de-art it.


How is that « counter productive »? That’s amazing!


This is cool!




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