In "Exit and the Extensions of Man," media theorist Sara Sharma argues that our media culture has produced a new structure of feeling: the desire for exit. Media provides both connection and escape, illuminating our shared world while simultaneously deepening our dissatisfaction with it. What is reality but a personal arrangement of vignettes, and what happens when technology offers us new ones on demand?  

In this study, we'll explore our own daily rituals of “exit” — dancing, dining, doom-scrolling, city-wandering. As Sharma inquires: “Can we stay put to fix us a way out?”  

Text: Sarah Sharma’s “Exit and the Extensions of Man”

Date: Sunday, August 16 at 6:30pm

Location: Chelsea Market with staoue & Anha

If you are interested in attending this Study, email strotherschool@sustainedattention.net