Category Archives: Contextualization Exercise

Popular musical tastes are always changing, accordingly leading to different music being produced. With this shift comes something with which we are all familiar: remixes. There are innumerable examples, but let’s start with one with which most people are familiar: … Continue reading →

I already talked about the hyper realistic aspect of children’s toys and animatronics such as those infamously used in Chuck E. Cheese’s. I wanted to go into more depth over them, specifically over how they seem to both portray an … Continue reading →

As technologies become more and more advanced, it becomes more and more difficult to distinguish the man-made from the natural, especially because the man-made often emulates the natural. One example of this is the development of Siri, and other similar … Continue reading →

The obsessions with consumerism in today’s society, especially American culture, is an abstract example of hyperrealism in the world. We attach meaning and and value to one item/brand over another based off preconceived notions of worth. This is “hyperreal” in … Continue reading →

The first thing I thought of when the word “hyperreal” came about was hyperrealistic art. Hyperrealistic art is meant to be paintings, drawings, or sculptures that appear as close to realism as possible, in a way that it is difficult … Continue reading →

I chose Las Vegas as an example of the hyperreal in our reality. Like Disney World or Disneyland, Las Vegas is a city or community that was created for the fantastical. It’s over the top aesthetics and out of this … Continue reading →

With the convenience of connecting online, the internet becomes a new virtual reality. We replace the face-to-face connections and conversations with a simple text, believing that will be sufficient. However, the virtual world is no where near the same as … Continue reading →

One of the most relevant examples of the hyperreal that we can observe today is that of virtual reality. A popular virtual reality that over a million people have made accounts on, called “Second Life” is a perfect case that … Continue reading →