WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR exhibit curated by James Taylor-Foster is an all-immersive exploration of the favored multi-sensory expertise. Created and introduced in collaboration with Sweden’s Nationwide Centre for Structure and Design, ArkDes, in addition to the Design Museum in London, the large-scale presentation explores the best way ASMR makes audiences really feel.
By definition, ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses — a time period used to explain a bodily sensation of deep calm and euphoria, typically described as a “tingling” within the physique. Throughout the web, innumerable
and ever-evolving works of ASMR garner billions of views. This cultural motion has grown into a world phenomenon that’s, uniquely, rooted in kindness, empathy, and self-care. The most recent presentation of the exhibit at Hong Kong’s new AIRSIDE options newly commissioned works by native artists AK Kan and Kin Lam, who showcase the town’s distinctive auditory identification. The exhibit additionally encompasses a designated part the place attendees can create their very own ASMR works utilizing on a regular basis objects. Within the Hong Kong-specific part, the set up recreates the atmosphere of the town’s public transport system, that includes close-listening periods of Hong Kong soundscapes.
In one other a part of the exhibit, guests are capable of immerse themselves within the “ASMR Area,” which encompasses a myriad of audio-visual ASMR works inside and across the house that’s constructed out of sentimental woven pillows. There may be additionally an environment room devoted to TV character Bob Ross, who is called the “Godfather of ASMR” even displaying three of his unique work alongside episodes from his iconic The Pleasure of Portray TV present. The ASMR exhibit addresses new constructions of neighborhood and intimacy alongside themes of loneliness and isolation that pivot ASMR from being a cultural phenom to an rising discipline of creativity. The exhibit runs from now till July 13, 2025.
WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR
GATE33 Gallery, L312
AIRSIDE
2 Concorde Rd
Kai Tak, Hong Kong
