TapOut

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TAPOUT

Define your rhythm. Hold it. The system plays its own.

TapOut is a rhythm-based interactive experience about defining and sustaining a sense of self inside a system that does not adapt to you.

You begin by creating a rhythm using two keys. That rhythm becomes yours—simple, repeatable, familiar.

The system hears you.

Then it continues on its own.

Your task is not to win. Your task is not to match it.

Your task is to hold your rhythm while something else keeps time beside you.

As you play, what you produce is:

• received
• detected
• identified

And then, quietly:

• classified
• normalized

The system does not explain what it is doing. It does not adjust to you. It does not need to.

It continues.

Harlem CoLab

Experiences that reveal how systems interpret you.

If you want it to feel even more like the poster, use this alternate version with more spacing and less exposition:

TAPOUT

Define your rhythm. Hold it. The system plays its own.

You begin with two keys. You create a rhythm. It becomes yours.

The system hears you.

It does not stop. It does not adjust. It continues.

What you produce is:

• received
• detected
• identified

And then:

• classified
• normalized

Your task is not to win.

Your task is to hold your rhythm while the system keeps its own.

It continues.