You may find this useful.
You can download a copy of Bruce Browns paper on graphic memory here
http://www.designthinkers.com/dthinkers/bbrown.html
On 1 Nov 2009, at 16:30, kate barsby wrote:
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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