ELEVENS — Emotional Imprints of Time
Every moment that meant something to you — now belongs to the world.
It all started in childhood. While others looked away, I kept noticing repeating numbers on clocks — 11:11, 22:22, 12:12… At first, I thought it was just coincidence, but deep inside I felt something whispering, “I see you.”
Over time, these numbers became portals in time — little cracks in reality when intuition, feeling, and thought seemed to align with something larger. When my first child was born at exactly 11:11, I understood: these signs weren’t just for me anymore.
“Every moment that meant something to you — now belongs to the world.”
Elevens is an interactive digital art project that transforms time, emotion, and history into a living mosaic of collective memory.
The idea began with a simple habit — taking screenshots at symmetrical times: 11:11, 12:12, 00:00. But it was never just about freezing time — it was about capturing the emotion of the moment: the song playing, the message received, the global headline flashing in the corner.
Each uploaded slot becomes part of a growing archive — a place to leave a mark. Users can personalize their slot with:
- A color (to express emotional tone)
- A wish
- Music or text
- A short note like: “At this moment, I felt…”
- A hashtag
It becomes a digital leaf on a collective Wishing Tree, suspended in time.
The Deeper Meaning
1. Emotional Legacy
Elevens doesn’t just collect visuals — it captures the spiritual footprints of human moments. Each slot is a digital time capsule, preserving emotion, music, story, and atmosphere in one frame.
The result is a vast, collective wall of memory, weaving together real-life moments, personal reflections, and global events.
2. Innovative Economic Model
The project launches with 11,000 unique slots, each priced at $1 and increasing by $0.01 per slot. Once all slots are filled, the digital artwork goes to auction — and the revenue is shared among slot holders based on their position.
Then begins the next round: 111,000 new slots, continuing the cycle of participation, growth, and rebirth.
3. Multi-layered, Interactive Experience
Each slot can include:
- A screenshot
- Music that was playing in that moment
- A message or status
- A global event that occurred that day
- A personal note of emotion or insight
It’s not just a picture — it’s a tiny emotional story embedded in digital art.
Enhanced Functionality
Zeitgeist Layer
Clicking a slot can show you what was happening in the world at that moment — wars, discoveries, statements, Grammy winners, viral trends.
One second — and the whole world opens.
Emotional Tagging
Each slot can be tagged with feelings like joy, fear, loss, surprise. Over time, this creates an emotional map of human experience across time.
Observer Mode
The project is fully public — anyone can explore this digital archive as a living museum. Scroll through moments, zoom in, read stories, hear music — like Google Earth meets collective memory.
Each completed round ends with an auction. Proceeds are distributed among the slot holders, and a new, larger round begins. This creates an endlessly renewing ecosystem, where early participants become guardians of the legacy, and new ones join to keep it alive.
“Elevens is more than digital art — it’s a ritual, a spiritual archive, a net of wishes and emotions that stretches across time and humanity.”
- Interactive NFTs with embedded emotional data
- VR / AR mode — as physical galleries
- Artist collaborations — some slots given to known artists or musicians
- AI-enhanced exploration: see a slot and AI tells you what was happening in culture that day