People are used to opposing simulation to authenticity; a deception is considered the opposite of realness. In our relations with the media, it’s been apparent to me for some time that both authenticity and simulation are on the same side. They belong together.
— Kamper, Dietmar. “We Don’t Know What It Is We Invented.” Uncanny Networks: Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia. Ed. Lovink, Geert. Leonardo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2004. 12-17.
