The case for lo-fi

The appeal of lo-fi in contemporary media is quite clear and tangible.

Which comes out almost as a contradiction, since clarity is the very thing that is mostly lacking from the lo-fi artwork, by its very definition.

And yet, the lack of pursuit of clarity, of the detail, allows one to concentrate on things that are much more conductive of the perception of the mood, the feeling, the thought behind the artwork, or anyway that they aim to capture or convey.