Where does Baudrillard talk about the hyperreal with reference to dildo mounted cameras?

April 5, 2011 4:03 AM

Where does Baudrillard talk about the hyperreal with reference to dildo mounted cameras?
posted by FuckingAwesome to Religion & Philosophy (5 answers total)

(Eponysterical)

I'm pretty sure it's not in Simulations, but maybe in his coffee-table book America? I can check later to see if there's an index, but I don't remember the reference.
posted by Mngo at 5:29 AM on April 5, 2011

This Baudrillard index lists the only mention of "dildo" on page 148 of Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1990-1995, though it doesn't cross-reference with hyper-reality. Try there though?
posted by Felicity Rilke at 6:33 AM on April 5, 2011

Response by poster: Hey, it's Zizek and not Baudrillard who talks about this. He describes it as "the ultimate embodiment of the passion for the real". Thanks anyway!
posted by FuckingAwesome at 6:34 AM on April 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

(By "try there" I mean check out the index, something might jog your memory. What I can find of the quote on page 148 suggests that it isn't the reference you are looking for.) You can also email the author of the index, I imagine he is someone who could help track down what you're looking for.
posted by Felicity Rilke at 6:37 AM on April 5, 2011

"Is not the ultimate embodiment of the passion for the Real the option one gets on hard-core porn websites of observing the inside of the vagina from the vantage point of a tiny camera at the top of the penetrating dildo?"

Ahh, Zizek. You say what we're all thinking.
posted by robself at 7:05 AM on April 5, 2011 [6 favorites]