How far does the spectacle extend into your life?
"The spectacle is CAPITAL accumulated to the point where it becomes image...the world the spectacle holds up to view is at once HERE and ELSEWHERE; it is the world of the commodity ruling over all lived experience."
--Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle
"We drove 22 miles into the country[...] Soon the sign started appearing. THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN IN AMERICA. We counted five signs before we reached the site. There were 40 cars and a tour bus in the makeshift lot. [...] All the people had cameras [...] A man in a booth sold postcards and slides — pictures of the barn taken from the elevated spot. We stood [...] and watched the photographers. Murray maintained a prolonged silence, occasionally scrawling some notes in a little book.
“No one sees the barn,” he said finally.
A long silence followed.
“Once you’ve seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.""
--Don Delilo, White Noise
2006-07-25
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