Hyperpresence
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Strong presence; the quality of being hyperpresent. uncountable
"When the hierarchical organization of space that privileges the eye and vision, this perspective simulation - for it is merely a simulacrum - disintegrates, something else emerges; this we express as a kind of touch, for lack of a better term, a tactile hyperpresence of things, “as if we could grasp them.” But this tactile fantasy has nothing to do with our sense of touch: it is a metaphor for “seizure,” the annihilation of the scene and space of representation."
Example
More examples"When the hierarchical organization of space that privileges the eye and vision, this perspective simulation - for it is merely a simulacrum - disintegrates, something else emerges; this we express as a kind of touch, for lack of a better term, a tactile hyperpresence of things, “as if we could grasp them.” But this tactile fantasy has nothing to do with our sense of touch: it is a metaphor for “seizure,” the annihilation of the scene and space of representation."
Etymology
From hyper- + presence.
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