Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime, he says in the refrain – welcome to an internet brain, when the world outside gets stripped away. But timing aside (Inside was released last month, as many US cities returned to pre-pandemic capacities), Burnham’s special feels, finally, like a compelling, discernible reflection. I have been skeptical, at best, of attempts to make sense of life after March 2020 through quick-response art. Inside begins in a similar vein to Burnham’s earlier specials what. But the final two-thirds devolve into heightened anxiety and deadening awareness of Burnham’s own online-exacerbated anxiety and amplified neuroses.

Source: The Guardian June 15, 2021 06:00 UTC