I love ASMR and in 2020 I started my own YouTube channel for it. I've neglected it for some time now, mainly because of the interruption of moving house and then getting back into fine art. But it's great to return to a project with fresh energy and I'm ready to make some more ASMR videos. Aside from anything else, they are very beneficial to people: they help combat anxiety and stress with calming, sleep inducing triggers.
The name of the channel Booboo and Kiki comes from an experiment about the 'Bouba and Kiki effect'. Scientists asked people to draw how each word sounded to them. Universally, across languages and cultures, booboo was a round shape and kiki a sharp, angular shape. So it relates very well to the sound-image relationship in ASMR and the landscape of ASMR which ranges from soft to aggressive.
Turn up your sound for these
Looking back through the channel I do like some of the stuff I've done.
I was experimenting a lot with the capabilities and mobility of my iPhone 12 Pro. For example, it is water proof.
This was the YouTube Short with the most views. I think it has almost 50,000 views which is not too bad for a YT Short. I saw that YouTube had recommended it as a 'play next' on a big YT channel.
This one is very experimental. It's like a moving painting.
Trippy:
More Crystal Palace London. I used to live there. I miss it, especially the park where this was filmed. There were many different 'zones' in the park: woodland, skatepark, balcony with a view, dinosaur and sphinx sculptures, cool café, high walk. So much. Loved it.
This one utilises some of the stock I was preparing for my eBay shop. Funny speeded up sound.
Bloopers 😂