Hyperreality will be my next big thing - surpassing reality in some ways. I am currently finding out its meaning.
http://brendonodwyer.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/research-essay%E2%80%94hyperreality/
Pretty awesome, while diving into the concept of Hyperreality, I come across the name of Umberto Eco, one of the most profound writers in essays about hyperrealism. I wonder if it's the same dude as the writer from 'The Name of the Rose' - but I guess it is.
Anyways, the concapt of Hyperrealism truly applies here; it means that parts of this 'reality' start to overtake 'our' reality. This means, that the perfect world that is created within that hyperreality (celebrities' lives, Las Vegas, games) even more 'real' feels to us than our 'normal real' lives. The world is more exciting, more beautiful, more succesful than our own. From the moment we decide to live in that hyperreality, we already forget to live from out of our own heart, and thus creating an hyperreal world for ourselves to live in.
The art I have been examining shows a hyperreal world without the imperfections (and often boring things) in our real life. People do not flee in this world, they start to see it as their own reality. (i.e. we would not hope to be living in a science-fiction world, but we do when we see the images of celebrities and models in the media).
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