Alan N. Shapiro, Visiting Professor in Transdisciplinary Design, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany

Blog and project archive about transdisciplinary design, media theory and creative coding

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Donald Trump Casino Owner: seduced to losing by the lure of winning, by Alan N. Shapiro

December 10th, 2019 in the categories: Donald Trump

The gamblers are seduced into the casino by the promise and lure of winning easy money. They are told that they have a good chance to become winners. In reality, the casino only cares about itself. Nearly 100% of the players end up as losers. They get fleeced and come away with less than nothing.
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Baudrillard and Trump: The Fifth Order of Simulacra, by Alan N. Shapiro

February 19th, 2017 in the categories: Donald Trump, Jean Baudrillard

From a Baudrillardian perspective, one could say that the media themselves (not only the news media, but the media considered in their widest scope) – having promoted a culture of simulation and simulacra where words and images stand on their own and have no reference – are responsible for Trump.
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Baudrillard und Trump: Agonie des Realen, von Alan N. Shapiro

February 18th, 2017 in the categories: Donald Trump, Jean Baudrillard

Es handelt sich hier um den fraktalen oder viralen Zustand von Simulakra der vierten Ordnung. Nach Baudrillard Post-Simulations-Erkenntnistheorie oder der "Simulationsepidemie" strahlt der Wert - wenn dieser Begriff noch angebracht ist - wie krebsartige Metastasen in alle Richtungen aus.
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Baudrillard und Trump: Simulation und Objektorientierung, nicht wahr und falsch, von Alan N. Shapiro

February 16th, 2017 in the categories: Donald Trump, Jean Baudrillard

Der Diskurs der Kritischen Theorie ist nicht brauchbar. Trump ist der Kandidat des Reality-Fernsehens, der Prominentenkultur, der Medienhyperrealitätsunterhaltung, jener 15 Minuten Ruhm für jedermann (Warhol), des "Transpolitischen" (Baudrillard) und der Objektorientierung (OO).
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Baudrillard and Trump: Simulation and Object-Orientation, Not True and False by Alan N. Shapiro

January 5th, 2017 in the categories: Donald Trump, Jean Baudrillard

Critical theory discourse is ineffective. Trump is the candidate of Reality TV, of the celebrity culture, of media hyper-reality entertainment, of everyone’s 15 minutes of fame (Warhol), of the “trans-political” (Baudrillard), and of object-orientation (OO).