A discussion with artist, writer, educator, Jenny Odell.

A discussion on “Dark Patterns“, and the new lawsuits and lawmaking aimed at the attention frackers with Mihir Kshirsagar.
Plus, an exercise in be|hold|ing with An-Li Bogan.

• Chat Thread
• What Makes Dark Patterns Dark?, Arunesh Mathur, Jonathan Mayer, Mihir Kshirsagar
• Dark Patterns Slides

An exploration of methods of attention to inner experience with Professor Russel T. Hurlburt.

• Chat Thread
• An exercise in attending to Spaces in Thought.

A conversation with former Google-strategist, philosopher and author James Williams.
Plus, a warm up exercise w/ special guest Jac Mullen.

• Chat Thread

A conversation hosted by Jeff Dolven and Matthew Spellberg on the Strother School of Radical Attention.
Warm-up exercise led by Ana Marques.

• Chat Thread
• Toolkit exercise

A conversation with Yves Citton on attention and curiosity.

• Questions on Curiosity
• Chat Thread

A discussion with Caleb Smith on his new book Thoreau’s Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture.
W/ special guest Jared Rankin, an exercise in drifting with the clouds …

• Chat Thread
• Caleb Smith, excerpt from Thoreau’s Axe
• Henry David Thoreau, excerpt from Journal

Micro-documentary film-screenings on diverse practices of attention, with shorts from filmmaker and FoA intern Dylan Liu, and a conversation on the Friends of Attention coalition-building effort.
Plus, a filmic warm-up from Claudia Claremi!

• Chat Thread

A discussion with Jamie Kreiner on her new book The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us about Distraction.
Plus, a Centripetal ASMR exercise with Ana Marques, and David B. Landes on The Attention Trove …

• Chat Thread
• John Cassian, Collationes excerpt
• Professor Kreiner’s “ANGEL WING MNEMONIC MEDITATION EXERCISE”
• ASMR Spirographic Centering Meditation

Courtesy of the 2020 ESTAR(SER) residency at the Watermill Center – “Wondergraphic Distraction”

• Wondergraphic Distraction, Part I
• Wondergraphic Distraction, Part II

A discussion with Stefanie Hessler on the forthcoming Attention, Algorithms, and Social Justice exhibition.
W/ special guest Stevie Knauss, and a January intervention protocol.

• Chat Thread