Promise Pending

Promise' is a command in some concurrent programming languages, such as C++ and Java. It creates a virtual space that acts as a proxy for a result that is initially unknown, usually because the computation of its value remains unfulfilled.
Likewise, the promises made by the tech utopianism of the early 1990s for a democratised cyberspace also remain unfulfilled. Social media platforms appear to use ‘community’ as a concept that is built on connection and inclusivity, but it has become a branding tool. 'Promise Pending' explores possibilities for interrupting normative accounts of community. It calls on us to recuperate community, not as a passive idea but as an active one.