Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being in Person

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These spaces are a threat,” says Field, “because they are much less visible than a sign that simply says ‘keep out’ – but the effect is the same in terms of limiting our capacity to meet one another.” Taylor Ann Green Confesses That She "Initiated" Kiss With Austen Kroll On 'Southern Charm': "I Caught Him Off Guard" The series definitely has a hopeful vibe to it, presenting the reports of its witnesses without any kind of skepticism or doubt. In fact, much of what’s presented in the first episode shows what happens when the people who report these experiences are doubted and dismissed, with the federal government being the prime perpetrator of this kind of dismissal.

Modern-day transcendentalist Andy Field weaves reflections on cultural touchstones in celebration of the person-to-person encounter – whether that’s a phone call with a lover, a snowball fight with strangers or a sweaty nightclub dancefloor.’ Ada Calhoun, author of Also A Poet and Why We Can’t Sleep

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Witnesses have for decades comes forward to share their alleged encounters with strange flying objects and even otherworldly beings themselves, only to often be ridiculed and dismissed. The specter of flying saucers and little green men has long been a topic relegated to the realm of pop culture at best, and hokum at worst. The idea of empathy runs through the book, but there is also anger. Anger at what he sees as the misuse and misappropriation of our public spaces and therefore our private destinies. At times, it reads like a howl released after years of buildup. Was there a moment of ignition? One of the things that all of these people have in common is the idea that seeing something that could be from an otherworldly being, whether it’s another planet’s living beings or, in Weiss’s belief, “messengers”, shakes people to their core because of the confirmation that something bigger than themselves actually exists. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix No longer conspiracy theories: How UFOs became mainstream in America Why is the docuseries relevant now?

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He was inspired by other artists, especially Abigail Conway, whose work borrows from the everyday to make us think about neighbours and neighbourhoods and how we interact with the other people living around us. “I realised that, often for the sake of comfort, we avoid the difficulty, the complexity, the nuance of those encounters. Not every encounter you have is going to be comfortable and wholly satisfying, but when you approach them with care and intention, then you can begin to learn from that.”Southern Charm' Star Olivia Flowers Shades 'RHOBH' Star Crystal Kung Minkoff After BravoCon: "I Thought She Was Rude" Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ on Apple TV+, a Charming and Typically Tearjerking Adaptation of the Classic Children's Book It is easy to forget: life is a delicate matter of meetings and partings. Andy Field provides a gentle, beautiful reminder.’ John Kaag, author of Hiking with Nietzsche It is not just poor urban planning that is to blame. Encounterism relates how technologies reduce the possibilities for random encounters – by allowing us to remain barricaded inside our SUVs, by using our smartphones or headphones to shut others out, or by avoiding going outside at all and staying home to binge on Netflix or shop online.

Most people would say the question is, like, 'Are we alone,'" one person says in the trailer, released earlier in September. "I think the question is, 'Who are we?'" Alyssa Farah Griffin Defends Justin Timberlake Following Britney Spears' Explosive Abortion Claims On 'The View': "They Were Both In A Very Toxic Environment" How 'The Buccaneers' Crafted Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton’s "Joyful" Queer Romance: "Never Even a Discussion" Real Housewives Of Potomac' Star Ashley Darby Isn't Mad That Sonja Morgan Stole Her Owen Wilson Thunder At BravoCon: She Knew "His Fetishes" You might argue that Field and I have met – encountered – one another just fine. But our encounter has been steered into a defined space and behaviour: sit here, buy a coffee and interact in an approved manner. We speculate what might happen if we decided to interact in a different way by, say, trying to climb one of the park’s many impeccably manicured trees, like we might have done when we were kids. But we’re too nervous to give it a go and, besides, all the lower branches have been lopped off to discourage such disgraceful behaviour.

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Does he see the way these encounters – these moments of randomness – have been designed out of life as a sinister conspiracy or merely a result of natural human desire to make the world as easy and non-threatening as possible? Not every encounter you have is going to be comfortable and wholly satisfying The hearing came on the heels of U.S. Congress' latest foray into UFOs when three former military officers testified in July about mysterious objects sighted by Navy pilots, as well as a clandestine program to retrieve and study downed spacecraft. A deeply felt, optimistic take on culture and contemporary life, and the small possibilities for change and transforming human interaction that it can contain if we’re open to its offers.’ Tim Etchells, artist