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“IT IS ONLY THROUGH A RECOGNITION OF THE FAILURES OF PREVIOUS MODES OF SINCERITY IN ART THAT THESE SAME CULTURAL ARTIFACTS MAY BE REDEEMED. 

We are in an era of hyperreferentiality in cultural production. Images/artworks/aesthetics from myriad different historical periods function interchangeably in a sea of reference facilitated by online networks.” — Nate Sloan 

a thought-provoking article from one of my favorite publications, “do not research.” 

https://legacy.donotresearch.net/posts/beyond-based-and-cringe

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absolutely…. i thought it was interesting to take a look at given the current meme craze. thank you for sharing your insights!!
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i think 3 years after that essay, we're even deeper down the hyperreferentiality hole with the advances in ai image generation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i think we've even moved past the based/cringe dichotomy now since we're just in a state of constant confusion and total lack of consensus on whether something is even sincere or ironic. unfortunately this post state still seems to be feeding capitalist realism rather than breaking it as sloan suggests (╥_╥)

when i create just for the sake of feeding the machine, it lacks sincerity inherently

how has this expressed in your own relationship with art coming from you, throughout your life?

was there a moment when you recognized a failure on your own sincerity? how did that feel?