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Reading the Past and the Faraway: Simulation, Meaning, and Macau

Part 1 Dissertation 2018
Ethan Loo
University of Sheffield | UK
Dependence on niche economies has fuelled the creation of a conspicuous architectural landscape of colonial baroque and vast destination-themed casinos in the former Portuguese colony of Macau. With the charge that such architecture constitutes Baudrillard’s meaningless hyper-real or a tourist stage-set, this piece investigates Macau’s continuous reinterpretation of the past, and whether meaning may arise from use and experience as opposed to reading the imagery as representational sign.

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Mr Russell Light
2018
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