Sorry, hyperrealism is not the right word I was thinking of. But I can't think of the correct term. It comes from a French philosopher that identified different layers of knowledge about reality. First there is the thing, then there is the representation of the thing, then there is the talking about the representation of the thing, etc. And the 4th layer was this kind of world where nothing is connected to the thing it is supposed to represent.
Anyone know what that is?