Following up on our discussion in class about Norwegian slow TV with some quick thoughts. I think the question of attention is of paramount importance here. Especially with some of the longer videos (the 10-hour train rides), I wonder how the audience is engaging with this media. Are they leaving this on as background noise? Do they use it to fall asleep, making it something like a quasi-ASMR video? Does form matter here? I think the argument that this genre counters capitalist productivity paradigms is fascinating, but it may be less straight-forward. Nonetheless, as someone who has written a lot about slow cinema, this is a fascinating phenomenon to me.
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