Las Vegas, an audience upwards of 16k, waving smartphones. No 'ducks' nor 'decorated sheds' engulf the visitors. Flashlights on, devotees film and stream what’s happening. The event accelerates a close bond. Entertainment turns into communion. All perform and share their rapture online. Bonding goes viral. Presence becomes porous as it is broadcasted. Crowds coalesce in the euphoric celebration of networked platformism. All are one now here.
(Now, though, at a time when a biological virus cripples the physical space, only digital screens reverberate viral presence.)