Are you talking about Hyperreality and Simulacrum?...
Try starting with Jean Baudrillard and Hal Foster's, Return of the
Real. This is all fairly well trodden ground though.
On 1 Nov 2009, at 15:23, Fran Richardson wrote:
> Dear DRNers
>
> I am a practising artist and I would like to develop my research.
> I am asking for your assistance because I am currently not
> attending a university and this will the first time I have embarked
> on any un supported research. During my MA in 2006 I looked at the
> architectural uncanny and the effect memory has on evoking the
> emotional responses that can affect an experience of the uncanny.
>
> I would appreciate any texts you can recommend that cover our
> perception of reality. In particular I am considering the idea
> that reality is like a stage set that can be swept aside at any
> moment by real or perceived threats. With consumerism the only
> value system left in Western culture, excessive importance is
> placed on appearances and the aspirational imagery in magazines is
> constructed for the camera’s viewpoint offering the consumer an
> idealised version of reality that does not exist. Can we ever be
> certain about what is real?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kind Regards
> Fran
>
> ------
>
> Fran Richardson
> http://www.franrichardson.co.uk
>
> FORTHCOMING SHOWS
>
> The National Open Art Exhibition, Chichester
> Saturday 7th November - 21st November
> The Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park Chichester,
> PO19 6AP
>
> New Contemporaries
> 7 November 2009 - 7 January 2010
> The Bristol Gallery, Unit 2, Building 8, Millennium Promenade,
> Harbourside, Bristol
>
> Publication
> Fran’s work has been selected for inclusion in the International
> Drawing Annual 4, published by the Manifest Drawing Centre in
> Ohio. The book will go on sale in November 2009 from Amazon or at
> http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda4/.
>
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