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the close friends story
Seth Ho

the close friends story

  • Documentary

artificial technology and performative authenticity

RELEASE

2025-03-23

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

10 min

Description

This documentary short explores the complex psychological landscape created by Instagram's "Close Friends Story”. The feature, originally designed for genuine intimacy and selective sharing, has evolved into a battleground of digital performance and anxiety. A tool designed for vulnerability instead forces us to "perform authenticity" for a smaller, designated audience, one that defines our in-groups and perpetuates connection, long after real-life relationships have drifted. Will the endless pursuit of digital intimacy ever teach us enough?