Thursday, March 15, 2007

On the ecstasy of communication


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"The simulacra have passed from the second to the third, from the dialectic of alienation to the giddiness of transparency. At the same time, after and with De la Séduction the dream of a transgression...and the nostalgia for a symbolic order of any kind, born out of the deep of primitive societies, or of our historical alienation, have been lost. With Séduction there is...no more recovered object, no more original desire..."

Capturing some obscene footage without any secret(s), dissolving completely in information and communication, Sam Renseiw speculates in a short (re)production of simulacra and seduction. View the readable, moving pro forma commodity by clicking here or enter the generalised interface above. (patafilm # 368, 02'51'', 25.7 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at Blip.tv)

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