Enough Pentelic Marble
One thing is certain: the authenticity aesthetic served as a cohesive for all of these developments. It tied the spectrum of consumable items, spaces, and identities into a single unified visual experience.
This is a good time to discuss the demand for authenticity and where it comes from. As I hinted at previously, there’s a personal dimension to a... See more
This is a good time to discuss the demand for authenticity and where it comes from. As I hinted at previously, there’s a personal dimension to a... See more
subpixel space • After Authenticity
The powers of photography have in effect de-Platonized our understanding of reality, making it less and less plausible to reflect upon our experience according to the distinction between images and things, between copies and originals. It suited Plato’s derogatory attitude toward images to liken them to shadows—transitory, minimally informative, im
... See moreSusan Sontag • On Photography
(As early as 1842, that indefatigable improver of French architectural treasures, Viollet-le-Duc, commissioned a series of daguerreotypes of Notre Dame before beginning his restoration of the cathedral.) “To renew the old world,” Benjamin wrote, “that is the collector’s deepest desire when he is driven to acquire new things.” But the old world cann
... See moreSusan Sontag • On Photography
But a print of a Vincent van Gogh, no matter how high quality its reproduction, is not the real thing. In Benjamin’s words, the print lacks the original’s “presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be”; or, as he proceeds to call it, its “aura”.
Stuart Sim • Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides Book 0)
“works of art can sensitize us to the amount and kind of labor, of human time and effort, stored in everything we use and think we want”
SOME EXERCISES IN SLOW PERCEPTION
https://www.artforum.com/features/some-exercises-in-slow-perception-212529/
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SOME EXERCISES IN SLOW PERCEPTION
https://www.artforum.com/features/some-exercises-in-slow-perception-212529/
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... See moreCulture has to follow the dominant modes of perception of a given era. While a twentieth-century building might have been designed to be photographed, the twenty-first century work of art is “designed for reproducibility” through algorithmic feeds…They each contribute and conform to a generic, flattened, reproducible aesthetic. Hence the general st