Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Disney's influence on contemporary design

total synchronism
anachronism
simultaneity of emotions, of work and leisure
lapse/collapse of time
supremacy of space over time
multisensory immersion, escapism, suspension of disbelief
[boundary ritual, sophistication of ritual]
superficiality
spectacularization, experience orchestration, theater of guts
hyperreality
escapism
semiotic dress up
[from persuasion to neurolinguitic approach and to autosuggestion, close to placebo design]
risk and hazard as amusement

[needs complement]

Related bibliography:
Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment, by Angela Ndalianis. Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press, 2004,

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