“Weird Sensation Feels Good” the first exhibition on ASMR at ArkDes, Stockholm

Spending too much time in our comfort zones is undoubtedly harmful for our emotional growth; yet an unprecedented need for comfort is the signature of these years, in a land of no longer modern or postmodern unease. A land where it becomes hard to even name sensations. That is the land where you night have come across ASMR.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response — a static-like feeling of low-grade euphoria or deep calming, triggered by gentle sound, touch and movement — will become a show at ArkDes in Stockholm, opening to the public next April 8th.

“Weird Sensations Feel Good” wants to transpose a world of digital intimacy, made of whispering sounds, rustlings and recursive crackles, into a public act of sharing, exploring the world of ASMR as a physical reaction, a revolutionary internet culture, a technology-driven craft, and a field of design.