The Spreading Malaise of Information Overload in the Art World

A phenomenon of preemptive exhaustion from excessive information about art events, exacerbated by social media, is afflicting the art world. The author, an art critic, publicly admitted to this malaise on Facebook, receiving numerous responses from others sharing the experience. Suggested neologisms for the condition include "esperienza minorata" (Luca Pozzi), "ansia da delusione" (Roberto Pugliese), "spoliazione" (Mara Oscar Cassiani), "boredead" (Marco Mancuso), "echoma" (Luca Bertini), "hypeatia" (Gabriele Tosi), "abituazione" (Giorgio Sancristoforo), and "prenoia" (Valentina Tanni). The condition is related to FOMO (fear of missing out) and its variants like WOMO and JOMO. Massimo Carozzi proposes the term TTSS (trend topic saturation syndrome). The article references Valentina Tanni's book "Memestetica" and the concept of post-internet as a cultural condition. Riccardo Benassi suggests "Morestalgia" as a potential cure. The piece was published in Artribune Magazine #69.