This thesis proposes an alternative, energy-conscious model for co-living within and against “24/7”, art critic Jonathan Crary’s shorthand for the nonstop financialization of personal time powered by the attention-based economies of online communication and streaming platforms, round-the-clock cable news, and digital marketing. To some extent, 24/7 can be understood as a unique form of mass somnambulance where digital experiences may occur out-of-step with physical movements. Such technology-induced “sleepwalking” can correspond to sedentary lifestyles that exacerbate global warming by placing overwhelming demands on the energy grid. This was particularly noticeable in 2020 when stay-at-home orders coincided with increased internet usage, further eroding the boundaries between the bed and everything else.

247365 is an off-the-grid, glow-in-the-dark, co-operative housing community sited in Trinidad, Colorado on the abandoned remains of the 1960s counterculture commune Drop City. The proposed social experiment—set in 2030—embraces the limitations of renewable energy technologies by instating daily “green-outs,” or naturally occurring power outages. Bioluminescent infrastructure casts light upon the settlement at nightfall, further reducing energy demand. The project’s design recalls and reconfigures the formal and spatial elements of an asclepion, or ancient healing temple, to support productive and reproductive labor. One can understand 247365 as a media-free refuge for rest and recalibration that attempts to nurture connectivity between people in place and offline.