The LOST
You Were Never Here
A glitch page—acting like a corrupted file, questioning whether the reader has been erased or has never existed at all.
suffocate.
The Lost /
The Dead
Acting the Unknown
A short film on the freedom of youth and the consequences of that raw energy. Where do your feet lead you, and are you in control of them?
Dance
Footnotes & References
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Core Theoretical Foundations:
- Baudrillard, J. (1981). Simulacra and Simulation (on existence as illusion).
- Derrida, J. (1967). Of Grammatology (on absence as a structuring force).
- Metz, C. (1982). The Imaginary Signifier (on gaps in representation).
- Baudrillard, J. (1981). Simulacra and Simulation (on existence as illusion).
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Critical Debates and Counterarguments:
- Bogost, I. (2012). Alien Phenomenology (arguing for material presence over existential absence).
- Hayles, N. (1999). How We Became Posthuman (on erasure in digital space).
- Foucault, M. (1969). The Archaeology of Knowledge (questioning historical absence).
- Bogost, I. (2012). Alien Phenomenology (arguing for material presence over existential absence).
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Empirical Studies & Case Studies:
- P.T. (playable teaser that erases player existence).
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (erasure of memory as narrative device).
- S. by Doug Dorst & J.J. Abrams (text questioning its own origins).
- P.T. (playable teaser that erases player existence).