00h-02: An artistic journey towards collective awareness
Updated: 12 hours ago
Conceived by artist Frank Angles, with Synarchy supporting its development.
When the awareness of a possible end becomes the beginning of something new.
Inspired by the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 00h-02 is an immersive artistic project exploring how art can make the existential challenges facing humanity more tangible.
Through visual installations, original sound, performance and sensory experiences, it invites audiences to move beyond awareness towards a renewed sense of connection and collective responsibility.
What if the last two minutes were the first?
00h-02 refers to the symbolic two minutes before midnight — a moment when humanity seems close to an irreversible threshold. The project proposes a reversal: what if this awareness became an invitation to imagine a different future and reconsider how we relate to ourselves, one another and the living world?
An experience in five stages
The artistic journey unfolds through five interconnected stages:
Confrontation — Facing the dissonance and uncertainty of our time.
Recalibration — Rediscovering wonder and reconnecting with nature.
Embodiment — Exploring instinct, intuition and awareness through the body.
Connection — Experiencing our interdependence with one another and the living world.
Mobilisation — Turning individual experience into collective responsibility and action.
Art that engages the senses
The project takes several complementary forms: an immersive event combining visual art, sound and performance; a film; the Sound Art Capsule; and an olfactory dimension using scent and sensory memory.
These formats share the same five-stage artistic journey, offering different ways to encounter its central questions.
A Fierce Cry of Love
The journey culminates in Un Cri d'Amour Féroce — A Fierce Cry of Love: a collective expression of the energy released when awareness becomes shared.
It is an invitation to replace resignation with imagination, isolation with connection and passivity with responsibility.
Adopt a Second: Giving time back to humanity
How can the experience lead to action beyond the event? Adopt a Second invites individuals and organisations to symbolically adopt one second of the Doomsday Clock and associate it with a concrete commitment to address one of humanity's existential challenges.
Each second becomes a personal or collective intention translated into action — a visible expression of shared responsibility. The concept has been discussed with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Following encouraging initial exchanges, further dialogue is envisaged; any formal collaboration would be developed with the organisation.
Adopt a Second. Be part of the movement.
Art as a language for our time
By engaging emotions, senses and imagination, 00h-02 brings artistic creation into conversation with science, culture and the challenges facing our societies.
Its ambition is not to provide answers, but to open perspectives, encourage public reflection and make complex issues more accessible.
A collaborative and evolving initiative
Conceived as a travelling project, 00h-02 brings together artistic, creative and intellectual perspectives. Synarchy supports its development as part of its commitment to initiatives that encourage public awareness, shared reflection and collective engagement. The project is currently in development, with its artistic formats, partnerships and opportunities for public presentation being explored.
The future is not only something that happens to us
Imminence is the trigger.
Awakening is the possibility.
Transformation is the path.
Action is the commitment.
One second at a time.
