May 18ths
5/18/1995 (Eno Diary) “Realized today I’ve spent three years gazing at computer screens and it has got me not very far. In my next studio, as an experiment, I’ll have no computer set-up. The thought of going in in the morning and not switching on is thrilling and daunting...." [5/18/2025: Yesterday, I created a piece of art that didn’t involve the internet, social media, or AI. It’s important to gauge how we feel when we use, or not use, technology, and then do more of that. You’re not on a hamster wheel. We can delude ourselves that hamster wheels are fixtures of life. Sadly, the avant-garde has been dying. It’s not like anyone’s making ‘pataphysical YouTube videos or performing Schwitters’ Ursonate , whereas these kinds of things were interesting to people at one point]. [5/18/2026: AI is now in the loop of our lives, whether we want it or not. You have to continue to do things manually. In music, I can be more experimental. AI is far too hands-off (hot), but it will become coo...
