Author Archives: Zhixuan Lyu

Page 92 to 102 talks about the second and third order of simulation. The difference between first and second order is that second order is reproductions made from automation. It started along with the industrial revolution. In second order, their authenticity, their origin etc are no longer cares concerned, since they are (re)produced identically “allContinueContinue reading “Simulations 7”

The Orders of Simulacra Jean Baudrillard identified three orders of simulacra since Renaissance: counterfeit, production, simulation. In the first chapter, he wrote about the counterfeit(first) phase. The first order is “based on the natural law of value”. The manipulations are mainly the reproductions of the originals, while they coexist at the same time. During theContinueContinue reading “Simulations 6”

Hi, here is a video of my presentation on chosen artist and his relation to simulations. https://youtu.be/YnEQ-2OA1tI sorry if the sound sounds weird at some point https://www.youtube.com/embed/DK_6JCrA3y4

It’s actually kinda ambiguous to find a mentor for this project. Most of the amazing works I found online are from knowledgeable studios. So instead, I tried to find studios that aren’t that big or individual artists. Then, I found this studio called MLEE. A large portion of well-known architectural rendering businesses are the Western.ContinueContinue reading “Mentor Blog”

I have to say this week’s reading is pretty hard. I have to read over and over to get a glimpse of the reading. This section mainly discusses simulation on the level of war. First of all, to my understanding, Baudrillard believes that peace and war is a paradox. If the perfection of the bestContinueContinue reading “Simulations 6”

Baudrillard introduced a concept called, implosion. He says when the opposite poles of “DNA” combine together, the subject and object collide, when cause and effect are merged, implosion happens. This activity blurs the boundary between real and hyperreal. To quote his sentence: “(…) hence into absolute manipulation–not passivity, but the non-distinction of active and passive.”ContinueContinue reading “Simulations 5”

This chapter broadens the application of simulation to a larger environment and discusses the relationship between the law and crime, demands and production, the game of power… In my opinion, Baudrillard is a Nihilist. He believes everything is hyperreal and simulation. The hyperreal system conceals that there is nothing beneath. People working in a factoryContinueContinue reading “Simulations 4 and little update”

This chapter is quite philosophical and hard to read, so I did a lot of extra readings on Baudrillard’s idea. (also why this post is late) Fundamentally, Baudrillard is illustrating the point that any second-order simulation is essentially a third-order simulation. This links to The Precession of Simulacra chapter where he points out four phasesContinueContinue reading “Simulations 3”

Follow-ups on my project: I made a brief plan for this term. First, I’m aiming to produce one final picture at the end. For this weekend and next week, I’ll be learning software skills and practice on them. At the middle of the term, I’m planning to make two small pictures from draft to finish,ContinueContinue reading “Post No.5 (follow up)”

Since this is a a large project through the whole term and I’m also taking a photography course, I don’t want to take more photographs. I see myself as a person that isn’t super into new media art, such as performance art, digital art etc. But started with this initial tiring of photography, I wantContinueContinue reading “Project Idea”