How do the ideas from Walter Benjamin's "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" apply to contemporary digital media?
The ability to reproduce contemporary digital media such as newspapers to a large audience and at a fast rate.
There was a time when "Art" was made by artists who were skilled professionals. Now that anyone with a computer can create things digitally (music, images, videos, etc), what does that mean for "art"?
I guess it can be good and bad in some ways, because we loose tradition, however I think as our world advances not everything can stay the same, and creating art digitally gives artists more room for imagination and creation.
Is a photoshopped image "authentic"?
I probably wouldn’t say authentic. I think photoshopped images can be beautiful, so why shouldn’t that be considered as art? However, when a photographer can capture an image without photoshopping it is more spectacular.
Do digital "things" have an "aura" (in Benjamin's terms)?
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