reflections on the orders of simulacra [no. 11]

Here Jean Baudrillard delves deeper into his theories. Not only is it using information from The Precession of Simulacra but it is beginning something that further challenges my thoughts; The Orders of Simulacra. There are specific signs and orders in which the laws of value appear. 

First, Counterfeit: "The dominant scheme of the 'classical' period, from the Renaissance to the industrial revolution" (83 Simulations).

Then, Production: "The dominant scheme of the industrial era" (83 Simulations). 

And lastly, Simulation: "The reigning scheme of the current phase that is controlled by the code" (83 Simulations). 

Most of which baffle me as he continues onward on what they are based on in order: "Natural law of value...commercial law of value....[and the] structural law of value" (83 Simulations). 

One in which I think much of is production. Mostly because I am in a film history class and I can understand that production was actually the dominant scheme of the industrial era. Production and what came of it helped people to understand the change of lifestyle that was taking place. 

"Theatre is the form which takes over social life and all of architecture from the Renaissance on" (87 Simulations). This really strikes me, because Baudrillard goes on to talk about substances and how they are used to imitate nature. Theatre was a substance used to imitate a way of life and entertainment. Just as concrete was used to imitate nature, as exemplified by the old Ardennes cook (90 Simulations).