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as others here stated, Bob Ross just did a specific type of painting well but didn't pioneer anything: except
he is the father of ASMR. he may not have known it, but the arrangement of microphones and the use of the soft brushes, along with his cadence and personality, all laid the foundations
most people tuned into his show to relax and feel good. as a kid, my grandmother would watch because she painted landscapes but i just liked my hairs standing on end and the squishy feeling from the scratch scratch, watching a task be completed, and hearing someone softly talking positive stuff to me
and i know people will argue against this but ASMR, despite plenty not "getting it", is a legitimate modern artform
Look, I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily, but uh I would need some more explanation about this. Would you say that say a mukbang video is also a legitimate modern artform or is ASMR somehow qualitatively different from other modern slop content?
I might argue yes (in a way).
They are forms of expression ASMR using audio and visuals to form a unique experience. Maybe not a mukbang... not too familiar with that. I would clarify that ASMR may be a medium of artistic expression.
In a similar way, personifying animals in furry art can be a genre or medium, and I still wouldn't call MS Paint Sonic Inflation Pornography "high art".
Those are just my thoughts. I'm wary of gatekeeping artistic expression, and think "cringe" things are necessary for artistic expression to bloom. But maybe that's just from my own experiences of learning how to draw, and making a lot of "bad" drawings in the process.
I guess I'll just have to hang onto all my challenging outsider art the next time you need to knock a million off your tax bill, then, philistine.
i know nothing about mukbang so i can't comment on that
but there are plenty of ASMR "slop" artists trying to draw engagement just like there is plenty of corporate "slop" art. but many of the early artists as well as some unknown percentage do masterful set design, stories, roleplays, characters, worldbuilding, audio design, and essentially create immersive short films or aural/visual experiences that go far beyond someone just making mouth noises into a microphone
off the top of my head, and i'm sure others can add more, some prime examples would be Goodnight Moon and Dreamscape ASMR for storytelling. Ardra -ASMR would be a good example of immersion, especially her later works
like EVERYTHING in this hellscape capitalism is perverting the shit out of it and it will ABSOLUTELY die as an artform and become pure slop
Wow interesting. I really had no idea about any of this
i wish i could go more in depth. i get a bit passionate because it really helps with my anxiety and I am one of the rare people that experienced the whole "tingles" thing since I was a child
i only watch femme presenting artists so i can't speak for the male presenting but i'm happy some of these super talented artists found a niche and a way to make a living
sorry hope i didn't seem too boomer-style upset
it's not at you
Frisson?
No not at all! I appreciate that I learned about a whole new genre