Simulations 83-95
By: Tanner Morris
In this section Baudrillard expresses the “three orders of appearance”, the natural law of value (counterfeit), the commercial law of value (production), and the structural law of value (simulation).
I can somewhat follow this interpretation of what humans have evolved to valuing over centuries given that he uses the reasoning of hierarchies and class. It’s ingrained in our culture to desire prestige so classes form with those who succeed and those who don’t or are prevented from doing so. In the first stage, the natural law of value states that “ there is no such thing as fashion in a society of cast and rank”. I believe he’s saying that value is determined by those who have more prestige regardless, so value in the Renaissance was set by these people naturally through social rank. Moving into the commercial law of value which is rather the opposite of natural for the fact that these values are to be re-created and then imposed onto the public. He mentions we create robots that are counterfeits of our own beings serving as simulacrums. I believe this progression of recreation of value is a good example of Baudrillard philosophies.
https://fortune.com/2018/02/05/sprints-clever-ai-robot-evelyn-tweaks-verizon/
My project is going well, the current skill im working on is jersey swapping. This involves editing a players uniform to create a simulacrum of them in a different uniform. I plan to use this skill to convert athletes images to resemble other passions and motifs in their life, other than sports.
Here’s an example of a traditional jersey swap of mine:
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In this section Baudrillard expresses the “three orders of appearance”, the natural law of value (counterfeit), the commercial law of value (production), and the structural law of value (simulation).
I can somewhat follow this interpretation of what humans have evolved to valuing over centuries given that he uses the reasoning of hierarchies and class. It’s ingrained in our culture to desire prestige so classes form with those who succeed and those who don’t or are prevented from doing so. In the first stage, the natural law of value states that “ there is no such thing as fashion in a society of cast and rank”. I believe he’s saying that value is determined by those who have more prestige regardless, so value in the Renaissance was set by these people naturally through social rank. Moving into the commercial law of value which is rather the opposite of natural for the fact that these values are to be re-created and then imposed onto the public. He mentions we create robots that are counterfeits of our own beings serving as simulacrums. I believe this progression of recreation of value is a good example of Baudrillard philosophies.
https://fortune.com/2018/02/05/sprints-clever-ai-robot-evelyn-tweaks-verizon/
My project is going well, the current skill im working on is jersey swapping. This involves editing a players uniform to create a simulacrum of them in a different uniform. I plan to use this skill to convert athletes images to resemble other passions and motifs in their life, other than sports.
Here’s an example of a traditional jersey swap of mine:
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