On Playing to the Gallery

“The neoliberal regime encourages communication without community by isolating everyone as the producer of him-or herself. Producing is derived from the Latin verb producere, meaning presenting or making visible. Like the French produire it still carries the meaning of presenting. Se produire means ‘to play to the gallery’… Today, we are constantly and compulsively playing to the gallery.”

Byung-Chul Han, The Disappearance of Rituals

And here’s David Bowie, explaining why that’s not a good thing.


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