But I don’t want to seek out shows. There’s very little interesting stuff being released anymore. They ignore making products for groups in favour of making products for everyone, which results in products for no one. I cannot cope with that.
It seems like some other replies are glossing over this, and here’s the thing: you gotta seek out interesting stuff. Many of the big tech algorithms are focused on the latest, hottest things, sure with some personalization tossed in related to your interests, but still more related to new and popular.
You want a heap of interesting stuff, you can’t keep following what’s trending, you gotta set out and seek out stuff related to your own interests. Not in a physical sense either, but poking around online.
Follow a Wikipedia rabbit hole. Find a director/artist you like, look at what else they’ve been involved with or done creatively, check that out however you can, then look at those they’ve collaborated with and if you like their stuff, check out their collaborators’ work, follow the influences and inspirations. You will hit some duds, but you may also find some real gems the algorithms never woulda served up anytime soon.
What’s more, the further back you dig, the likelier you are to come across that really weird niche work that some folks started out with, that got eyes on them before they may have “sold out” by working on bigger, more mainstream work.