the winter anthology
Vol. 2
Jean Baudrillard
from cool memories iv
Disappearance of the object into its system
Disappearance of production into its mirror
Disappearance of the real into the simulacrum
Disappearance of the Other into its double
Disappearance of the majorities into their silence
Disappearance of Evil into its transparency
Disappearance of seduction into the orgy
Disappearance of crime into its perfection
Disappearance of memory into commemoration
Disappearance of illusion into its end, and, finally,
Disappearance of the illusionist himself, on stage, in the full glare of the lights. The illusionist having displayed all his art, cannot but make himself disappear (without knowing how).