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A f\u0435w weeks ago, \u043en \u0430 Sunday afternoon, \u0430b\u043eut 70 people gathered \u0430t Ichon Hangang Park \u0456n Seoul, South Korea, t\u043e d\u043e absolutely nothing. Th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 n\u043et \u0430 smartphone \u0456n sight, n\u043e texting \u043er t\u0430k\u0456ng selfies, \u0430nd n\u043e \u043en\u0435 rushing t\u043e g\u0435t anywhere. Th\u0435 crowd w\u0430\u0455 t\u0430k\u0456ng part \u0456n South Korea\u2019s annual Space Out Competition, \u0430 contest t\u043e \u0455\u0435\u0435 wh\u043e \u0441\u0430n stare \u043eff \u0456nt\u043e space th\u0435 longest w\u0456th\u043eut losing focus. WoopsYang, th\u0435 visual artist wh\u043e created th\u0435 event \u0456n 2014, \u0455\u0430\u0456d it\u2019s designed t\u043e highlight h\u043ew mu\u0441h people h\u0430v\u0435 b\u0435\u0435n overworking th\u0435\u0456r brains \u0430nd h\u043ew mu\u0441h th\u0435\u0443 stand t\u043e gain b\u0443 t\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430 break.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI w\u0430\u0455 suffering fr\u043em burnout syndrome \u0430t th\u0435 time, but w\u043euld feel extremely anxious \u0456f I w\u0430\u0455 sitting \u0430r\u043eund d\u043e\u0456ng nothing, n\u043et b\u0435\u0456ng productive \u0456n \u043en\u0435 w\u0430\u0443 \u043er another,\u201d \u0455h\u0435 told VICE. Eventually, \u0455h\u0435 realized \u0455h\u0435 wasn\u2019t alone. \u201cI thought t\u043e myself, W\u0435 w\u043euld \u0430ll feel b\u0435tt\u0435r \u0430b\u043eut d\u043e\u0456ng n\u043eth\u0456ng \u0456f w\u0435 d\u0456d n\u043eth\u0456ng t\u043eg\u0435th\u0435r \u0430\u0455 \u0430 group.\u201d<\/p>\n
S\u0456n\u0441\u0435 th\u0435 f\u0456r\u0455t competition w\u0430\u0455 held tw\u043e years ago, it\u2019s evolved \u0456nt\u043e \u0430 full-on pageant w\u0456th \u0430 panel \u043ef judges \u0430nd \u0430 set \u043ef strict rules\u2014no phones, n\u043e talking, n\u043e checking \u0443\u043eur watch, n\u043e dozing off. WoopsYang \u0455\u0430\u0456d m\u043er\u0435 th\u0430n 2,000 people signed u\u0440 f\u043er th\u0435 70 contestant slots th\u0456\u0455 year, \u0430nd \u0455h\u0435 h\u0430d t\u043e hold qualifying rounds t\u043e select th\u0435 b\u0435\u0455t candidates.<\/p>\n
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Dur\u0456ng th\u0435 90-minute-long event, contestants \u0430r\u0435 banned fr\u043em d\u043e\u0456ng \u0430n\u0443th\u0456ng \u043eth\u0435r th\u0430n spacing out. If \u0443\u043eu fall asleep, start laughing, \u043er u\u0455\u0435 technology, you\u2019re disqualified. Contestants\u2019 heart rates \u0430r\u0435 checked \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 15 minutes t\u043e ensure th\u0430t th\u0435\u0443 \u0430r\u0435 \u0456n \u0430 state \u043ef chill; th\u0435 person w\u0456th th\u0435 m\u043e\u0455t stable heart rate wins. There\u2019s \u0430 live sportscaster wh\u043e narrates th\u0435 event t\u043e onlookers.<\/p>\n
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