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In Praise of Meditative TV
My normal mode of consuming news, I realized, induced panic; this new style induced perspective.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
He (Rem Koolhaas, 1995) added that the “pervasive lack of urgency and insistence acts like a potent drug,” inducing “a hallucination of the normal.” In other words, the hypnotic quality of ambient content creates a false sense that whatever it presents is a neutral condition, a common denominator, though it is decidedly not.
Kyle Chayka • “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
What Eno likes about 77 Million Paintings is that he has no idea what will appear on screen, nor what aesthetic effects will be produced. "That's pretty interesting. But what interests me more is the way people experience them. My shows are not narratives. Nothing much happens yet people come and stay for hours in a contemplative state. I thought, ... See more