I read today's The Drip from first word to last. The deeper I got, the more I kept thinking about the connection between these immersive experiences and the Metaverse. Art often eases new ideas into society, could it be that Museums of Whatever and Immersive Artist Exhibits are not just bringing us Art more accessibly (or maybe just "art") but might they also be priming us to understand how to operate in virtual spaces without any connection to what we define today as art?
I recently heard someone say that they don’t encourage their kids to watch action/adventure movies (or to eat processed foods with very intense flavors) because they don’t want them to lose their ability to savor and enjoy the relatively quiet and subtle stimulus of normal life. Reading this, it feels like we’re in the more over-the-top stages of an arms race between analog and digital stimulation. Of course, as someone else said, it’s very hard to compete with having nearly the entire body of human creation in your pocket. The one thing screens don’t have over the physical world is the quality of physical interaction with friends and family—seems like the best immersive experiences are the ones that are vehicles for bonding with others.
I read today's The Drip from first word to last. The deeper I got, the more I kept thinking about the connection between these immersive experiences and the Metaverse. Art often eases new ideas into society, could it be that Museums of Whatever and Immersive Artist Exhibits are not just bringing us Art more accessibly (or maybe just "art") but might they also be priming us to understand how to operate in virtual spaces without any connection to what we define today as art?
Great article. Sounds like a blast.
I recently heard someone say that they don’t encourage their kids to watch action/adventure movies (or to eat processed foods with very intense flavors) because they don’t want them to lose their ability to savor and enjoy the relatively quiet and subtle stimulus of normal life. Reading this, it feels like we’re in the more over-the-top stages of an arms race between analog and digital stimulation. Of course, as someone else said, it’s very hard to compete with having nearly the entire body of human creation in your pocket. The one thing screens don’t have over the physical world is the quality of physical interaction with friends and family—seems like the best immersive experiences are the ones that are vehicles for bonding with others.