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The virtual as defined by Deleuze “is not opposed to “real” but opposed to “actual,” whereas “real” is opposed to “possible.” What is important is that in this sense the virtual is as real as the actual. In contrast, dematerialized art is often tacitly classified as beyond matter and it’s material constraints, not real enough to be bought or sold, essentialist and transcendent. But this is based on a false dualism that classified the virtual as unreal and thus discounted it’s very real properties, relationships and affects.
