THE OBJECT_WORLD BECOME BEARER OF CONSPIRACY_THE EXISTENTIAL FURNITURE OF DAILY LIFE FINDS ITSELF SLOWLY TRANSFORMED INTO COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY_THE LOCAL ITEMS OF THE PRESENT AND THE HERE_AND_NOW CAN BE MADE TO EXPRESS AND TO DESIGNATE THE ABSENT UNREPRESENTABLE TOTALITY_INSTRUMENTS OF COMMUNICATION_THE SURREALIST ONEIRIC CITY_BRUSHING AGAINST AN INANIMATE OBJECT SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE BEING TOUCHED BY SOMEONE'S HAND_PLANTS BECOME MACHINES_EVERY OBJECT CHANGES AND BECOMES A HUMAN SIGN_THOUGH SHE KNEW EVEN LESS ABOUT RADIOS THAN ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THERE WERE TO BOTH OUTWARD PATTERNS A HIEROGLYPHIC SENSE OF CONCEALED MEANING_OF AN INTENT TO COMMUNICATE_TWO INCOMMENSURABLE LEVELS OF BEING IMPOSSIBLY INTERSECT_SOME LARGER VIRTUAL NIGHTMARE_THAT OF THE LATE 60S GONE TOXIC_THE DRUG AND SCHIZOPHRENIC COUNTER_CULTURAL BAD TRIP_PSYCHIC FRAGMENTATION RAISED TO A QUALITATIVELY NEW POWER_THE STRUCTURAL DISTRACTION OF THE DECENTERED SUBJECT NOW PROMOTED TO THE VERY EXISTENTIAL LOGIC OF LATE CAPITALISM_
[EXTRACTS FROM FREDRIC JAMESON'S THE GEOPOLITICAL AESTHETIC AND ONE FROM THOMAS PYNCHON'S VINELAND ]
