Author Archives: cschulze22

“If it was possible, in the past, to speak of the fetishism of the commodity, of money, of the simulacrum and the spectacle, that was still a limited fetishism (related to sign-value). There stretches beyond this for us today the world of radical fetishism, linked to the de-signification and limitless operation of the real – to the sign’s becoming pure object once again, before or beyond any metaphor.” – Baudrillard In this passage, Baudrillard speaks of the sign being returned … Continue reading →

Most of what I see in conceptual art these days revolves around the death of the author. One artist makes a contraption that creates interesting abstract paintings when you vibrate the floor as you walk by, another attaches a pencil to a tree branch so the wind allows it to draw, or someone culls the internet for found images to arrange in an archive. All this is interesting and inspiring, however, what is the next step? Why is it that … Continue reading →

Here is a passage from Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulations that speaks to my investigation into photography. “………It is a hyperreal: the product of an irradiating synthesis of combinatory models in a hyperspace without atmosphere. In this passage to a space whose curvature is no longer that of the real, nor of truth, the age of simulation thus begins with a liquidation of all referentials – worse: by their artificial resurrection in systems of signs, which are a more ductile material … Continue reading →