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Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube

YouTube hosts numerous dark ambient apocalyptic playlists created by amateur musicians. These playlists often feature static images or animated GIFs depicting ruined cities, typically devoid of human presence. The accompanying soundtracks, produced using audio editing software, are characterised by...

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প্রধান লেখক:	Conter, Marcelo Bergamin, Schittler, Ana Christina Cruz, Albani, Paulo Henrique Costa
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প্রকাশিত:	Comunicação e sociedade 2025
বিষয়গুলি:	YouTube dark ambient semiótica antropoceno fabulação fabulation semiotics anthropocene
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_14533 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/14533 2025-06-06T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/142my https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Conter, Marcelo Bergamin Schittler, Ana Christina Cruz Albani, Paulo Henrique Costa YouTube dark ambient semiótica antropoceno fabulação YouTube fabulation dark ambient semiotics anthropocene YouTube hosts numerous dark ambient apocalyptic playlists created by amateur musicians. These playlists often feature static images or animated GIFs depicting ruined cities, typically devoid of human presence. The accompanying soundtracks, produced using audio editing software, are characterised by low-pitched drones, minimal dynamic and melodic variation, and an absence of percussive elements. While Murray Schafer (1977/2001) highlighted the problem of noise pollution in contemporary society, we pose a different question: how do the sounds of apocalyptic dark ambient playlists imagine the future? What fabulations of the future emerge from these artistic expressions? We argue that these works do not offer solutions to impending catastrophes; rather, they reflect the complexity of the present and our inability to confront it. We propose to examine the production of signs arising from these material relationships. Our analysis focuses on user comments on these YouTube playlists, which reveal the affective responses of listeners compelled to share their listening experiences. Some describe feelings of loneliness, melancholy, or paradoxical emotions such as simultaneous joy and sadness, while others relate the audiovisual experience to personal memories. We conceptualise the interaction between the comments, visuals, and sounds as expanded listening, that is, a communicative process that generates signs and constructs dystopias of the past, present, and future in relation to the anthropocene. Encontram-se no YouTube diversas playlists de dark ambient apocalíptico, produzidas por músicos amadores. Na trilha visual, imagens estáticas ou gifs animados apresentam cidades em ruínas, geralmente sem presença humana. As peças musicais que integram a trilha sonora são compostas por meio de software de edição de áudio, compondo a textura sonora por meio de drones graves, pouca variação dinâmica e melódica e ausência de elementos percussivos. Se Murray Schafer (1977/2001) chamava atenção para a poluição sonora que acometia o tempo presente, aqui provocamos de forma diferente: como os sons das playlists de dark ambient apocalípticas imaginam o porvir? Que fabulações de futuro emergem dessas expressões artísticas? Partimos da premissa de que nestas expressões não constam respostas para as catástrofes que virão — pelo contrário, elas expressam a complexidade do tempo presente em nossa incapacidade de lidar com elas. Propomos observar a produção sígnica que decorre destas relações materiais. O nosso método de análise observa os comentários postados pelos usuários nas playlists publicadas no YouTube. Os comentários expressam afetos dos espectadores das playlists, que se sentiram impelidos a compartilhar sua experiência particular de escuta. Por vezes, expressam que as músicas lhes geraram sensação de solidão, ou de melancolia, ou até sensações contraditórias como alegria e tristeza ao mesmo tempo; em outras, conectam a experiência audiovisual com momentos passados da própria vida. Compreendemos o agenciamento criado pela soma dos comentários, do vídeo e das sonoridades como escutas expandidas, isto é, produção de comunicação, de signos que fabulam distopias do passado, presente e futuro em conexão com a temática do antropoceno.
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spellingShingle	YouTube dark ambient semiótica antropoceno fabulação YouTube fabulation dark ambient semiotics anthropocene Conter, Marcelo Bergamin Schittler, Ana Christina Cruz Albani, Paulo Henrique Costa Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube
description	YouTube hosts numerous dark ambient apocalyptic playlists created by amateur musicians. These playlists often feature static images or animated GIFs depicting ruined cities, typically devoid of human presence. The accompanying soundtracks, produced using audio editing software, are characterised by low-pitched drones, minimal dynamic and melodic variation, and an absence of percussive elements. While Murray Schafer (1977/2001) highlighted the problem of noise pollution in contemporary society, we pose a different question: how do the sounds of apocalyptic dark ambient playlists imagine the future? What fabulations of the future emerge from these artistic expressions? We argue that these works do not offer solutions to impending catastrophes; rather, they reflect the complexity of the present and our inability to confront it. We propose to examine the production of signs arising from these material relationships. Our analysis focuses on user comments on these YouTube playlists, which reveal the affective responses of listeners compelled to share their listening experiences. Some describe feelings of loneliness, melancholy, or paradoxical emotions such as simultaneous joy and sadness, while others relate the audiovisual experience to personal memories. We conceptualise the interaction between the comments, visuals, and sounds as expanded listening, that is, a communicative process that generates signs and constructs dystopias of the past, present, and future in relation to the anthropocene.
author	Conter, Marcelo Bergamin Schittler, Ana Christina Cruz Albani, Paulo Henrique Costa
author_facet	Conter, Marcelo Bergamin Schittler, Ana Christina Cruz Albani, Paulo Henrique Costa
author_sort	Conter, Marcelo Bergamin
title	Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube
title_short	Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube
title_full	Fabulations of the Anthropocene in Dark Ambient Playlists on YouTube
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