Nostalgia, Idiom, Space, Monster, Line
Modern-age nostalgia, shaky idioms, the past and future of space tourism, b-movie miracles, and a new method of music consumption.
Picasso, Crow, Hoop, Water, Boots
Picasso's childlike art, a video game mystery, a robotic basketball hoop, the ocean's plastics, and the pains of ageing.
Samurai, Tower, Autotune, Cosmic, Sword
Akira Kurosawa's cinematic techniques, a diving board dilemma, autotune in the music industry, an awkward second date, and a serpentine magic trick.
Huckleberry, Price, Pool, Plague, Car
Reinterpreting Huckleberry Finn, the tangled modern banking system, swimming pools in movies, America's coronavirus response, and a surrealist car trip through the country.
Flight, Property, Network, Devil, September
A troubling flight simulator, the ethics of property, a "Social Network" retrospective, the dangers of sulphur mining, and a September celebration.
Solar, Earth, Dream, Sample, Ship
A dive into flat-Earthism, dream sequences on film, how to flip a sample into a beat, Constantine's conversion, and an awkward airborne confrontation.
Cut, Noise, Sheriff, Steal, Fire
Cutting as a visual effect, how to accurately transmit data, a Florida sheriff's "precrime" investigations, Wes Anderson's homages, and the San Francisco sky.
How To Zoom Like Your Favourite Directors
If you Kubrick Stare the camera hard enough, the camera also stares into you.
Tweet, King, Photo, Light, Geese
A viral bird-tweet, a psychedelic regicide, judging photographs, Caravaggio's lighting, and the diary of a goose.
Magic, Tycoon, Dominoes, Courtroom, Cave
The magic of conspiracy theories, a fictional Walt Disney, the universe as dominoes, courtroom cinematography, and Plato's allegory of the cave.
Rifle, Moon, Jazz, Asteroid, Stunt
A dangerous photograph, lunar myths, a jazz pioneer, asteroid mining, and Buster Keaton's work ethic.
Beethoven, Future, Universe, Coffee, Sight
Beethoven's sense of humor, Elon Musk's futurism, a physics quandary, a Colombian coffee crisis, and a funky song.
2050, Astronomer, Art, Change, Goalie
Flooded soccer stadiums, a lunar obsession, Kanye West and Cezanne, revolutionary cinematography, and the lonely life of a goalie.
Odd, Radiohead, Racist, Brain, Jolene
Odd numbers, the art of album covers, a conversation about race, books and brains, and the song "Jolene."
The Communication Revolution
This week's Viewer essay: on the beautiful anarchy of new media. What writing would you like to read from the Viewer? All suggestions much appreciated. Let us know at editors@theviewer.is Andy Milonakis is an "IRL" (In Real Life) Twitch streamer. Every morning he turns on the camera, and
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