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The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

Posted on | May 11, 2012 | No Comments

In an interesting comment on Scienceblogs.com, Claire L. Evans writes: In his seminal 1991 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” the video artistDouglas Davis writes that digital bits “can be endlessly reproduced, without degradation, always the same, always perfect.”

Digital Decay from universe on Vimeo.

The statement follows the above video art piece that challenge this notion and at the same time serve as a comment to the famous 1935 article “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin, in which he observes how mechanical reproduction of art pieces can release art from the elite bourgeoisie and “allowing mass audiences to, in a sense, “own” the work.”
A development, Claire also comments, that is accelerated immensely today with the Internet and computer technologies we have cheaply available.

Read the entire article here.

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