shoutout to the person who uploaded this entire 2014 production of einstein on the beach to youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcZYWt3Yqd_NsZc7YwjpRFt5_6RQVJoIm

lots of takeaways, but the main one for me has been that i watch it via picture in picture while i work and then sometimes i just close it, the next time i watch something on youtube another video in the playlist is recommended or it continues the one i was watching, it's like a super long async viewing experience, feels entirely appropriate for the content

just top tier stuff, like, down to the > 10mins of audience noise you get in Knee 1 with people just milling as the show has clearly begun already. but like, that was the whole point, it is almost striking that there’s not more audience noise throughout. although there’s clearly a human angle to this, i can’t help but get over the feeling that it was meant to be seen in the way that you might experience art at a museum, with people coming and going.

i’m reminded of “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform)” by Felix Gonzalez-Torres where the gimmick is that you can only see the dancer but you can’t hear what they’re dancing to or even know where you are in the performance (since the performance may not be scheduled consistently). youtube inconsistently resurfacing EotB to me has a similar vibe tbh.