A deep dive into a booming economy where TikTok’s “uglycore”, awful-looking NFTs, ugly vegetables, chaotic cakes and more unesthethicaly pleasant things now take centre stage — and why people are genuinely enjoying, consuming and celebrating them. The fashion statement of our times
Another avatar of the World is Flat: if everything is flat, then what had some form of distinction and heights should now be smash-flatten, and watch out the beauty of compressions.
Brilliant write-up as always! Everything Everywhere All At Once is a great movie to understand the deeper WHYs behind this trend. Hint: Abundance, nihilism and existentialism
Another avatar of the World is Flat: if everything is flat, then what had some form of distinction and heights should now be smash-flatten, and watch out the beauty of compressions.
Brilliant write-up as always! Everything Everywhere All At Once is a great movie to understand the deeper WHYs behind this trend. Hint: Abundance, nihilism and existentialism
true where ugly = fascinating but a fine line between this and repulsive.