High-gloss, hyper-realistic renderings simulate impossibly sleek, NOISE-LESS realities devoid of any blight or blemish.
They hide the idiosyncrasies of reality and flatten the landscape of society down to the same 5-10 overused, generic human figures placed in every rendered scene.
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On a technical level, newer builds of common software packages used by architects employ AI-based de-noising algorithms such as VRayDenoiser to smoothen out and beautify the rendered image to nearly pornographic levels.
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The level of polish is, in many cases, proportional to the presentability of the project and ultimately, its commercial success.
What is made clear in the rising trend of out-sourced labor from specialized rendering firms, is that in the current state of this discipline, the digital rendering is used less as a tool for conceptual and creative expression, and more as transactional material to “sell” a project and meet the commercial interests of clients.ScreenRecording_04-23-202521-29-27_1.gif
Resolution is achieved in the incremental reduction of NOISE. It leans in the direction of SILENCE, and produces an illusion of transparency and immediacy
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Modern-day computer operating systems utilize “daemons” - ghosted background processes that perform essential tasks necessary to the system’s operation while staying invisible to the user’s eye.
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By concealing these processes, by concealing its NOISE, that is, the interface appears transparent and immediate, convincing its user to be the source of any action performed on the system.
Similarly, the aesthetics of the digitally rendered image is one that maliciously hides its daemons to arouse an im-mediate experience of arbitrary conditions set by the designer.
The greater the resolution, the lesser the friction is between reality and its simulated utopia.
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Ironically, the classic para-fictional depictions of MONSTERS in pop-culture and media, such as found footage or the blurry film photograph, reflect the NOISY uncertainties of reality more accurately than staged Enscape scenes.938482766_orig.jpg
The MONSTER always seems to live in the realm of NOISE.
The NOISY image, captured by a shaky camera, means you never see the MONSTER’S face clearly - they remain enigmatic.
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