01: On Solitude
Primitive Technology, KharmaMedic, それからの憂鬱 Sorekara Melancholy
Alone in an Australian Forest
Primitive Technology
We know very little about the protagonist behind Primitive Technology. We do know that the filming location for their 50+ uploads is tropical Far North Queensland, that the protagonist does not live there but commutes and camps on occasion, and that their in-the-wild training comes from research by praxis. Building fires, constructing tools, working with clay, building a hut from scratch – these are the types of activity conducted in complete solitude. You can support their work on Patreon.
Tags/Triggers: Unintentional ASMR, Slow TV, Learning, Task-Oriented ASMR
Ten Hours of Structured Study
KharmaMedic
Described as a “study with me pomodoro” (a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s), Nasir—a third-year medical student at King’s College London—films their own study session. It lasts for ten hours. Intended as a support video for those also studying towards a degree, the work also performs as as an example of Unintentional ASMR. Each upload of this kind creates a safe space: there are no unexpected sounds or movements. With two camera views and a timer in the corner of the screen, the experiencer can relax or fall asleep to the visual details and sounds of pen on paper, rhythmically relieved by ten-minute breaks.
Tags/Triggers: Unintentional ASMR, Slow TV, Focus, Support, Stillness
A Day in the Life of Ryo
それからの憂鬱 Sorekara Melancholy
Like most channels in the emerging genre of ‘ASMR vlogging’, the protagonist Ryo keeps themselves fairly anonymous. Throughout their uploads we never see a face in spite of the fact that the experiencer is invited into their intimate everyday – from waking up to falling asleep. As the channel’s name suggests, there is an air of melancholy to the tone and tempo of the uploads. They are mundane, bordering on banal: rice is cooked, walks are taken, and there’s a bit of tidying up around the house.
Tags/Triggers: Unintentional ASMR, Slow TV, Banal, Quietude