special Issue:
Total Screen: Why Baudrillard, Once Again?
Edited by Katharina Niemeyer & Magali Uhl
Vol. 2 | No. 1 | 2021
ISSN 2691-1566
INTRODUCTION
From Viral Implosions to Deserts of the Real
Katharina Niemeyer & Magali Uhl
Articles
Hyporeality, the Society of the Selfie and Identification Politics
William Merrin
Exploring Hyperreal Transcendence through Research-creation:
The Smartphone as Spiritual Interface between the Real and Virtual Selves
Leona Nikolić (Practice-based Study)
Transparency and Sovereignty in Contact-tracing Networks
Cera Y. J. Tan
Mediating Quarantine: Considering Netflix’s Homemade through
Baudrillard’s Hyperreal and the Banal
Amanda Hill
Baudrillard and the Prophetic:
Reimagining the Twin Towers in Avengers: Infinity War
Loraine Haywood
Jean Baudrillard and the Challenge of Photography
Olga Smith
Canned Reactions and FIFA Noise: The Specter of the Audience During a Pandemic
Jeff Heydon
Seduction Against Production: A Playful Way of Creating Knowledge
Camille Zéhenne (Practice-based Study)
“That’s Not You”: Reclaiming the “Real” in Rosie the Riveter Re-appropriations
Kathleen M. Ryan
Jean Baudrillard and Feminism: Sara Ahmed and the Necessity to “Forget Baudrillard”
David Guignion
“You Are Here”: On Driving with Baudrillard through the Desert
Levi Jackson (Practice-based Study)
Cover design: Mani Mehrvarz
Proofreading: NeMLA
Acknowledgment: MAST wishes to thank all the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of the manuscripts and their many insightful comments and suggestions.