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Scene Cool
Before there is a subculture, there is a scene. A scene is a small group of creators who invent an exciting New Thing
David Chapman • Geeks, MOPs, and Sociopaths in Subculture Evolution
Our creative voices gain meaning and power when they become part of something larger.
instagram.comWhat is a scene? It is a group of people who are producing work in public but aimed at each other. The metal bands in Karlshamn, where Schuster grew up, were a scene. They performed on stage — but the audience was mainly their friends who played in other bands. If they were anything like the other local scenes I’ve seen, they cha
... See moreHenrik Karlsson • Scene creation engines and apprenticeships
K-HOLE and Box1824 captured the new landscape in their breakthrough 2014 report “Youth Mode.” They described an era of “mass indie” where the search for meaning is premised on differentiation and uniqueness, and proposed a solution in “Normcore.” Humorously, nearly everyone mistook Normcore for being about bland fashion choices rather than the grea... See more