Of course you’re right about art history and the resistance to new forms. But is that what TikTok videos are? There’s nothing new about them in terms of their ingredients (moving images, editing, sound, etc.), apart from their length. Aren’t they just a new genre?
My brain is fundamentally incapable of processing short-form video and I will never understand this particular art form, but upvoting anyway because social-media-and-screentime-scoldery delenda est.
Of course you’re right about art history and the resistance to new forms. But is that what TikTok videos are? There’s nothing new about them in terms of their ingredients (moving images, editing, sound, etc.), apart from their length. Aren’t they just a new genre?
Good article! Social media has become a problem, but the paternalistic moralizing from many with power and influence is so nauseating
Great post, gang
My brain is fundamentally incapable of processing short-form video and I will never understand this particular art form, but upvoting anyway because social-media-and-screentime-scoldery delenda est.
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"Is heroin cuisine? In defense of hard drugs."
Obviously ridiculous comparison
Clearly, short form video is more similar to weed /s
This is pure cope for the braindead.