Does collective mind do you appreciate art? This may not be the most pressing question at the end of the article. For many Season 1but I replayed it in my head repeatedly throughout the first nine episodes Vince Gilligan a darkly comedic sci-fi show. After all, art is what makes us human. Does the collective mind still have this innate humanity?
From the start, the hivemind has always seemed a little obsessed with Carol (Ray Seehorn), one of about a dozen people around the world who have proven immune to the “psychic glue” that has enveloped the remaining seven billion in a blissful shared consciousness. And that obsession extends to Carol's Vicaro novels, a series of bestselling romantic fantasy books that she doesn't seem to take very seriously.
When Carol announces that she's writing a new book, the hivemind jumps for joy, but they don't seem particularly interested in literature in general. When Carol steals a Georgia O'Keeffe painting from an abandoned museum and hangs it on her wall, the hivemind praises the piece but doesn't seem particularly concerned about preserving this priceless work or the countless other paintings hanging in supposedly empty museums around the world.
So does the hive mind value art? Can they enjoy a sculpture or a poem? And what does the answer say about the clever sci-fi concept behind it? For many. I asked Gilligan, his writers and his stars. Here are their answers.
Vince Gilligan, Gordon Smith and Alison Tatlock
In a video call with Polygon, For many creator Gilligan, Gordon Smith (director, writer, executive producer) and Alison Tatlock (writer, executive producer) approached the issue from several different angles, ultimately revealing an arguably bleak view of the hive mind's relationship with art.
Vince Gilligan: I think they will appreciate the picture. But I think they value the Mona Lisa the same way they value dogs playing poker or a black velvet painting of a matador sold on the side of the road. I think they appreciate every blade of grass. They appreciate the view at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and can probably also find beauty in a big pile of cow manure. And when you value everything, do you really value anything? That's how I see it. What do you guys think?
Even if she burned all the great paintings on Earth in a fire, I don't know how sad they would be.
Gordon Smith: They have everything cranked up to 11. From our limited perspective, you need to focus on something to appreciate it, and exclude everything around it. But everything around them is interesting. I don't know what it would be like for them to appreciate the painting.
Gilligan: Do you think they still make art?
Alison Tatlock: I don't think they still make art. They don't care about property. So they're not archivists in that sense because it's all internal. All the archives are in their heads. That's why Carol can go to the George O'Keefe Museum and take what she wants because it doesn't matter to them anymore.
Gilligan: And even if she burned all the great paintings on Earth in a fire, I don’t know how sad they would be. It's all in their head, so does it matter?
Smith: They could probably repaint them.
Carolina Otter
Carolina Vydra plays Zosia, a member of the hivemind tasked with keeping Carol company and making sure she has everything she needs – at least that's what she claims. Thus, Otter can understand how the hivemind thinks and acts better than anyone else working on Pluribus, with the exception of Gilligan, of course.
Carolina Otter: I believe that the collective mind truly loves art. Inside them live the greatest artists who have ever lived. They also employ the greatest scientists, greatest writers, directors and actors. That's why they appreciate and love art. I would say the negative side is that [non-absorbed] Older students are the only ones who can give them new art. So when I read Vicaroseveral pages from Vicaro As Carol writes, there is joy and excitement: “Oh my God, we get to experience the art we love.”
Rhea Seehorn
Finally, series star Rhea Seehorn offers the most detailed answer to my question; one that reveals more about our own limitations as art-loving people than the fictional hive mind For many.
Rhea Seehorn: There's an argument to be made Why does anyone insist that some art is real art and some is not? If any of this makes someone happy, then everything is great, right? This book is as great as this book. And so when you say appreciate artwill the collective mind be able to appreciate that this brought joy to someone? Can they even appreciate the joy that this creation brought to man? Because, most likely, this person's brain is also in his brain.
But when you talk about value how much evaluate And compare And contrast art, not very much. And now that everyone has the same skill set. Sometimes I listen to a great song or appreciate a great painting, and part of that appreciation is… Wow, a man can do this, but I can't. I can do other things, but I can't play the violin. And that means being in awe of what people are capable of. But I don't know if you can do it if everyone can do everything.
For many The first season is streaming on Apple TV.
