Simulacra and Hyperreality
This is a video resource to accompany the Lesson Outline “Simulacra and Hyperreality”, details of which you can find at http://www.shortcutstv.com/blog/simul...
It consists of 6 short clips that can be used as part of a lesson.
1. Mona Lisa - about 30 seconds of the painting
2. Iphone - 30 seconds of examples
3. Wild West - old Hollywood clips showing various aspects of “The Wild West” (gunfights, saloon brawls etc. (students might want to note that both black people and women are represented - if at all - in periphery roles…)
4. Disneyworld - a quick tour around the different “worlds”.
5. Wild West at Disneyland - the “Wild West Shows” at Disneyland are an example of “simulacra within simulacra”.
6. Real Food / Fictional Farms - short clip showing how supermarkets have created fictional farms to create the idea of “real food” that is actually sourced from a wide variety of (largely anonymous) global suppliers.