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idle gaze

strange signals, unexpected connections and deeper cultural undercurrents.

Newsletter · By Alexi Gunner · English · Official site

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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Dancing beyond the digital panopticon (opens the original)

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    Across clubs, festivals and underground parties, there’s an increasingly ever-present entity watching over us. From every corner, it’s observing, documenting, capturing. It takes the form of a thousand iPhones, a bioluminescent swarm of screens bobbing up and down above the sweaty crowds. It manifests in the entourage of camera crews that lurk behind every DJ, capturing every drop, from every angle. It materialises in the group photos in front of the club’s bathroom mirror, and with every blurry

  2. Issue · Jul 15, 2026

    idle gaze 079: embrace the dark (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Ev1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f0fa83b-d0a4-4602-9914-095102a93c0e_1920x1080.pn

  3. Issue · Jul 8, 2026

    idle gaze 078: surveillance chic (opens the original)

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