Essays about: "Simulacra."

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the word Simulacra..

1. 6. The aura of the artwork in the digitalization age : An experimental study based on Benjamin and Baudrillard

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Ding Yijun; [2017]
   Keywords : Aura; simulacra; artworks; digital museums; reproduction; medium; control experiment; Benjamin; Baudrillard;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the aura of the artworks changes in the age of digital reproduction through the empirical experiments conducted in Uppsala Konstmuseum. By employing the definition of the aura given by Benjamin in The work of art in the age of the mechanical reproduction and The arcade project, this thesis conceptualizes the “aura” into eight dimensions and then operationalizes the eight dimensions in order to find whether audience’s evaluation of the artwork changes when they are given different stimulus in the control experiment. READ MORE

3. 7. Beyond Morality : Alternative Gay Narratives in Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking and Dennis Cooper’s The Sluts 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Makz Bjuggfält; [2017]
   Keywords : Mark Ravenhill; Shopping And Fucking; Dennis Cooper; The Sluts; Gay Male Violence; Gay Capitalism; Gay Consumerism; Gay Hyperreality; Gay Simulacra; Gay Civilisation; Gay Authenticity; Blank Fiction; Transgressive Literature; In Yer Face; Cool Britannia.;

   Abstract : The gay male emerged as a visible public consumer during 1990s, when the LGBTQ movement in the United Kingdom and the United States was marked by conflicting commercial and political motives, heightened by the AIDS crisis. The cultural tension surrounding the gay male subject was reflected through various literary expressions. READ MORE

4. 8. The Desert of the Real in Spec Ops: The Line. A Study of Simultaneous Hyperreal Experiences by Protagonist and Player : A Study of Simultaneous Hyperreal Experiences by Protagonist and Player

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Christer Lidén; [2016]
   Keywords : Ludology; violence in video games; hyperreal; Baudrillard; military shooter;

   Abstract : As an anomaly on the market of military shooters of the 21st century, Spec Ops: The Line entails a journey of undetermined realities and modern warfare consequences. In this study, the narrative is analyzed from the perspective of Jean Baudrillard’s idea that simulations have replaced our conception of reality. READ MORE

5. 9. Space Rewritten - an exploration of spaces at the Tycho Brahe Museum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Anna Molin; [2014]
   Keywords : Economic Space; Simulacra; The Tycho Brahe Museum; Mythic and theoretical Space; Ernst Cassirer; Aesthetic; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : In this thesis I use the text Mythic, Aesthetic and Theoretical space by Ernst Cassirer to reflect on the Tycho Brahe Museum, Ven. Questions asked, are if conflicting spaces can be seen at the site and if one space can subjugate another. It is also discussed if there exist other spaces than mythic, aesthetic and theoretical. READ MORE

6. 10. Identity, hyperreality and Science fiction : Matrix and Neuromancer

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

   Author : Imran Riaz Chohan; [2012]
   Keywords : Identity; Reality; Hyperreality; Simulation; Simulacra.;

   Abstract : My Bachelor’s thesis is a comparative analysis between humans and machines in a science fiction novel (Neuromancer) and a movie (Matrix). I explored in these works how the machines used technologies to influence on the humans. READ MORE