Isn't this the same guy whose house got robbed or something while he was doing this?
[QUOTE=Bernie Buddy;51921222]Isn't this the same guy whose house got robbed or something while he was doing this?[/QUOTE]
Yes it is, I can only wish to hear what was going through the robbers head.
I remember watching some of this guy's videos. Struck me as really weird performance art.
[QUOTE=Mr Kotov;51921250]I remember watching some of this guy's videos. Struck me as really weird performance art.[/QUOTE]
every single video is just a minute or two over 4 hours exactly. If it isn't the most chill form of extreme OCD, he's got one hell of a daily meditation routine. I'd think this was a normal thing for him (to some degree) before he decided to turn it into internet performance art, but yeah it's just that in the end. It's a bit more fun and curious than your average human statue in the least
[QUOTE=dai;51921393]every single video is just a minute or two over 4 hours exactly. If it isn't the most chill form of extreme OCD, he's got one hell of a daily meditation routine. I'd think this wa a normal thing for him to do before he decided to turn it into internet performance art, but yeah it's technically performance art. It's a bit more fun and curious than your average human statue in the least[/QUOTE]
Not gonna lie, wish I had his dedication. Probably wouldn't use to it to sit and do nothing, though.
I really wish I could get some more info on this guy.
[media]https://youtu.be/UMLXmAqXcOw?t=2h26m28s[/media]
He starts holding back tears at 2:26:28
The dude had [URL="http://www.vice.com/read/meet-the-man-whos-filming-himself-sitting-and-smiling-for-four-hours-a-day-121"]an interview with VICE [/URL]a while ago. Worth reading if you want to make sense of this shit.
His a member of some meditation group as well, love his videos
So, sitting and sobbing uncontrollably now apparently.
He just broke into tears 20 seconds ago and is now smiling again
I don't understand
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He's crying a lot in the stream. I wonder if it's starting to get to him or something.
Maybe he got robbed again
But why? What the fuck?
And why the sobbing?
Why at all???
[QUOTE=simzboy;51921701]He's crying a lot in the stream. I wonder if it's starting to get to him or something.[/QUOTE]
It could just be that he's having a rough time. Maybe a close friend passed away. Theres a lot of ups and downs in life.
But ultimately, it wont stop him from smiling.
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Theres really no distraction from his thoughts when he does this, so it's easy to become emotional about things in life for him during these streams.
It looks a lot less creepy with good lighting, clean room and an actual proper camera
His first videos on the other hand, some crappy potato camera with poor lighting, proper nightmare stuff right there.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUGZl33ceE[/media]
Which one was it where he pissed himself?
Performance art is meant to elicit meaning, and a deeper thinking about a specific subject. When the performance itself only makes the viewer uncomfortable, I think it fails.
"Cut Piece" is a good historic example of this, where the performer Yoko Ono, 1965, sat on stage on her knees with a pair of scissors. For a specified amount of time, she would allow audience members to use the scissors to cut any part of her clothing/hair, and do with it what they wanted.
Of course, after a while she was completely nude and the audience became more violent, but it's critically acclaimed as being a piece about women and the inherent sexism of a culture. I'm not eloquently explaining, so I'd look it up.
Even he says that there isn't a purpose to it, and that he leaves that up to the viewers.
He chalks up the home invasion to "Wow that guy has a really crazy story to tell. My heart was beating so fast, but [B]I knew it would make an amazing video so I just sat there[/B]".
Four hours long, but an inch deep. There's nothing behind it. Maybe a call for attention. He even says he'd want to do it as a full time job. 40 hours a week. The donations he's received so far amounts to $24, $12 of which came from his mother.
Something about this whole situation makes me uneasy.
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