DOOM SCROLL
By ThankYouX
64 unique artworks on ETH. The algorithm becomes the canvas. The scroll becomes the signal.
By ThankYouX
64 unique artworks on ETH. The algorithm becomes the canvas. The scroll becomes the signal.
Doom Scroll started with a breaking point. The realization that the algorithm had become a curator nobody asked for. Feeds full of content designed to trap attention, not reward it.
Instead of logging off, ThankYouX did something different: he recorded the scroll. Then he destroyed it and rebuilt it as art.
“I got sick of the algorithm telling me what to look at. So I turned it into something I actually wanted to see.”
Each of the 64 pieces captures a moment of real-time doom scrolling, raw feed footage fed through data moshing and feedback loops until the noise becomes signal. The result is a body of work that is simultaneously a protest and a portrait.
Doom Scroll is a reminder that creation is the antidote to consumption. The time we give away to an algorithm can be reclaimed and transformed into something that lasts.
64 unique 1/1 video works. Each piece is a singular artifact. No two are alike in composition, motion, or texture.
Technology partner on Doom Scroll, collaborating with ThankYouX on the tools behind the work.
Minting exclusively on OpenSea.
The digital release on 8/11 is just the beginning. Part two brings the collection into physical space and into one of the most significant cultural landscapes in contemporary art.
Following the 8/11 digital release, a physical exhibition brings the collection to life in Marfa. The West Texas town that Donald Judd turned into a pilgrimage site for serious collectors. The work will be shown at scale, giving collectors and new audiences a visceral encounter with the pieces beyond a screen.