The Weird YouTuber Who Stared at the Camera and Smiled for 4 Hours

This man named Benjamin Bennett has been uploading the same type of content regularly for years. Sitting on the floor for more than 4 hours along smiling and looking at the camera. Sounds pretty scary, right?

In fact, if you remember, this man was the childhood trauma of some of us and nicknamed “son of the devil” was known. Let’s solve this mystery that has been going on for years together.

This person, who just sits straight for hours, has nearly 400 thousand subscribers and more than 30 million views.

If you carefully examine the videos uploaded since 2014, Benjamin is crying in the later parts of some of them, sometimes even crying under his breath. he urinates and continues to sit unresponsive and smile as if nothing had happened.

You can see him doing it underneath from 2:47:00 onwards.

Moreover, in one of his videos, he Even a thief tried to break in! When you can’t open the door “Hello?” he said and left! Benjamin continued to remain motionless. Okay but why?

You can see the thief from 2:36:38.

Have you ever heard of the concept of “performance art”?

performance art Even if you haven’t heard of it, you’ve definitely come across one of Marina Abramović and Ulay’s performances somewhere. For example, in one of their performances; Ulay walked to each other from one end of the Great Wall of China, Marina from the other, and when their journey ended, their relationship ended.

performance art, “It exists ‘in the moment’, independent of the text, and has no repetition.” We can also define it as . The goal is to ensure permanence in the audience’s memory. Well, Benjamin seems to have a long lasting effect on our memories, doesn’t it?

In fact, what Benjamin does is called “endurance art”, but we can also call it a kind of performance.

The name Benjamin gave to his own art of endurance is “Sitting and Smiling”. This performance deals with an ‘extreme’ version of staying in the present. It includes concepts such as attention to the present moment and feeling uncomfortable with the pace and intensity of modern life.

He describes his performance as follows: “Performance art and with relational aesthetics I am interested. In fact, it is not so important how I evaluate it, it is more important how the audience evaluates it. I don’t need to categorize it. I don’t think it’s a prescriptive thing, I’m just what you see. If someone could watch it I think they could understand. Even if they think they don’t understand, I think what they perceive as not understanding is actually the correct understanding.”

So why is he smiling?

In the interview with Benjamin, when asked why he was smiling, if he wasn’t smiling he would just be a It will look like meditation and so he says no one will watch. He also adds these words: “I think smiling better reflects how I want to address the world.”

He does not change his position even when a thief attempts to enter his house. The reason you keep smiling whereas: “My heart was beating like crazy but I knew not reacting was the best thing to do. This way, a great video would emerge.” explains.

Benjamin certainly did something really interesting, but we understand him better now.

Years ago as the “son of the devil” spooky stories told about Would you ever think that this man was actually trying to create an art of his own? Moreover, you have now faced your childhood traumas. 🙂

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