“Digital information is thus characterised by transformation, degradation, circulation, but also by its surprising ability to mutate and produce unpredictable results.” What a fascinating read. One of my favorites so far. You can tell the writing was so fluid and packed with concrete ideas and wonderful theories. The glitch. A common word for gamers explaining […]
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Debord and Benjamin
Debord In “The Society of the Spectacle,” Guy Debord developed the concept of “Spectacle” and the negative sides of a “Society of Spectacle” which continues to coexist with arts and humanity. Debord introduces spectacle as equivalent to mass media at its peak of “superficial manifestation.” He is saying that because of mass media, people are controlled and […]
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Project 2 Audios 1 & 2
Audio 1: https://vimeo.com/160958263 Audio 2: https://vimeo.com/160958486
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Project 2 – Sound
https://vimeo.com/160962807 https://vimeo.com/160963479
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Blog 06: Aura of mediums
Walter Benjamin talks about the aura of mediums, so much so that he emphasizes the ability to perceive a piece of art as it is before the introduction of mechanical reproduction. In my opinion, there’s a bigger picture when it comes to the aura of an art piece that is more easily understood given the […]
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Response to Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle” & Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
I was somewhat familiar with Guy Debord’s writing prior to reading “The Society of the Spectacle” because he is associated with Marxism and the Situationist movement, both of which I learned about in high school. In this text, Debord defines the “spectacle” as a social relation of false consciousness mediated by images. He goes on to say that the […]
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Wild Animals of the Sea Video 1
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