hell is the absence of taste

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I’ve been thinking about taste lately—what it means to have taste, how to develop taste, and what taste looks like in a world where trends are dead. The art/challenge of developing “taste” has radically evolved since the advent of the digital age. Before the internet, you had to

Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995 I’ve been thinking about taste lately—what it means to have taste, how to develop taste, and what taste looks like in a world where trends are dead. The art/challenge of developing “taste” has radically evolved since the advent of the digital age. Before the internet, you had to pick and choose where to dedicate your time. You had to actively decide to dive into a certain subculture, a certain designer, a certain artist—and because you were forced to choose one thing over another, that choice meant something.…

hell is the absence of taste

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