HyperReal

A concert by Hyperreal at 229, a concert venue on Great Portland Street in central London. The act's name draws on a philosophical term about simulation and media culture.

Hyperreal is the name under which this act performs at 229 in London. The word refers to hyperreality, a concept that philosophers and media theorists use to describe a condition in which copies and simulations come to seem more real than the things they represent. Jean Baudrillard developed the idea in his writing on simulation and media culture, and the term has since been applied widely in discussions of contemporary image culture.

229 is a concert venue on Great Portland Street in central London, in the W1 postcode area. The concert takes place there.

For listeners drawn to the background of the name, the concert offers a chance to hear the act live in a central London concert venue, with the link to ideas about simulation and media culture as a starting point for the evening.