Pillow Talks: Conversations on ASMR

Dive into a collection of conversations exploring the creative field ASMR, broadcast live from the exhibition WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD with guests from around the world.

Straighten your pillows and find a comfortable spot! Pillow Talks offer a series of primers through some of the concepts that make ASMR one of the most important creative fields on the Internet. Join the exhibition’s curator along with special guests as they parse the world of ASMR to try to understand where the movement might be heading.

The exhibition is open to visit until November 1, 2020.

How to connect

You can join live via our Instagram channel. You need to have an account to take part live, but each conversation will also be archived after broadcast on our website.

Search for our account and tap on the profile picture (which will have a purple ring around it when we are live). Free free to type questions during the broadcast; you can do this through the comment box at the bottom of the screen.

After the broadcast has ended, you can watch each Pillow Talk again on our Instagram channel.

Pillow Talks

Relive previous talks and tune-in for those that are scheduled.

ASMR and Activism →
April 28th 2020
A conversation between Drew Zeiba, the New York based writer and editor of art criticism, cultural journalism and fiction, and James Taylor-Foster, curator of the exhibition.

ASMR: Performance and Care →
May 5th 2020
A conversation between Melinda Lauw, performer and co-founder of Whisperlodge (Brooklyn, New York), and James Taylor-Foster, curator of the exhibition.

ASMR and Hospitality →
May 12th 2020
A conversation between Claire Tolan, artist and former host of You’re Worth It (an ASMR show on Berlin Community Radio), and James Taylor-Foster, curator of the exhibition.

ASMR and Design →
May 26th 2020
A conversation between James Taylor-Foster and Dagnija Smilga, a partner of the architecture studio ĒTER and one of the designers behind the exhibition.

ASMR and Empathy →
June 19th 2020
A conversation between James Taylor-Foster and Mariana Pestana, an architect, independent curator, and curator of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennale: Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one.

Visual ASMR →
June 22nd 2020
A conversation between James Taylor-Foster and Damon van Drimmelen (PostNew) who, together with Irene Stracuzzi, has developed the graphic identity for the exhibition.

ASMR and Attention →
June 29th 2020
A conversation between James Taylor-Foster and Charles Broskoski, co-founder of Are.na.