The novel reality that human visual perception was forced to negotiate with in the beginning of the 20th century came as a result of the introduction of electric light within the boundaries of the modern city.
This novel condition brought about a violent proliferation imagery which was designed to dictate the visual reality of the nocturnal state of the city.
Alfred Korzybski veraciously stated :" The Map is Not the Territory" in other words people confuse maps with territories or models of reality with reality itself...
We are consumers of images, icons, signs, of the simulated reality thrown before us at night - there is no more night.
Which is the space our consciousness is located when enveloped within the postnocturnal infoscape? Where are we? Who are we?