Monthly Archives for November 2013
What do you mean Bhabha?
First, I would like to quote a paragraph that I would like to have a closer look at when in class on Tuesday: “ the colonial presence is always ambivalent, split between its appearance as original and authoritative and its articulation as repetition and difference. It is the ambivalence that makes the boundaries of colonial […] Continue reading
Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura and Authenticity
The massive reproduction of artwork has changed the nature of how an image is perceived by contemporary society. In a …
Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura and Authenticity
The massive reproduction of artwork has changed the nature of how an image is perceived by contemporary society. In a …
“The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Walter Benjamin
In his essay, “The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Walter Benjamin discusses the changes that took place in the interior of perception and its influence on the way we see the visual work of art. The shift in perception realized … Continue reading
“The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Walter Benjamin
In his essay, “The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Walter Benjamin discusses the changes that took place in the interior of perception and its influence on the way we see the visual work of art. The shift in perception realized … Continue reading
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction by Walter Benjamin
In his essay, Walter Benjamin raised an interesting question: what happens to a work of art, or art in general, when it can be reproduced into numerous copies in our technical age? What changes could the technical reproduction bring to the work of art? To begin with, there is the problem of the original. Once […] Continue reading
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction by Walter Benjamin
In his essay, Walter Benjamin raised an interesting question: what happens to a work of art, or art in general, when it can be reproduced into numerous copies in our technical age? What changes could the technical reproduction bring to the work of art? To begin with, there is the problem of the original. Once […]
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The aura of art!!!!
In this weeks reading I found Walter Benjamin’s text to be very interacting. He starts by talking about the reproduction of art and how there is a difference between the reproduction and the original no matter how similar the two might be there is something missing. He mentions that “Even the most perfect reproduction of […] Continue reading
The aura of art!!!!
In this weeks reading I found Walter Benjamin’s text to be very interacting. He starts by talking about the reproduction of art and how there is a difference between the reproduction and the original no matter how similar the two might be there is something missing. He mentions that “Even the most perfect reproduction of […]
Continue reading
Thank You, John Fiske, for Ruining Television
This week’s readings centered around a pretty central theme for me: we are all being constantly manipulated to buy (an important one, in our happy capitalist tradition) behave, and believe a certain way. For the most part, we do it unknowingly, but even so, it is a process that we do happily, based on our […] Continue reading
