Category Archives: Blog 06

Guy Debord’s text is about how images have affected our reality, how media turns reality on its head, meaning that nowadays we can take a picture and edit it to a point where we are unrecognizable. I also couldn’t stop but think about special affects in this case. We watch all this movies in awe […]

Guy Debord describes in his work “The Society Of The Spectacle” how photography has impacted how people think of their outer appearance. One interesting point he elaborates on is how pictures are taking away from the actual moment of life when photos are being taken because the photos are not necessarily the moment but merely […]

  “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.” This reminded me of my thought process in creating the different versions of project 2. Although, they are perfect reproduction of the […]

James’ video was remarkably visually stimulating because of his triple threat: the object of focus, camera angles, and use of colors. James focuses on a single eye surrounded by white light, in his latest piece. The eyeball moves erratically in different directions and can evoke different emotions depending on interpretation. His camera angle only shows one eye […]

Debord chisels away at mass media by essentially stating it ‘water downs’ life by stating the spectacle (recorded media like videos) “turns reality on its head” and makes “lived reality suffer,” which is all very true. The birth of social media platforms has led to an unprecedented increase in media from photos to video. All of […]

In regard to the Benjamin piece is fairly unbiased in its presentation, which I enjoyed about the reading. In section II, I agree that each piece of art, especially in the context of lithography techniques, has its own unique heritage that a copy cannot replicate (such as the example the author uses of damage acquired […]

Estefany captures the theme of time very nicely in “Ocean Critters at Coney.” From the vantage point of the pier, Estefany turned her camera to the beach to allow the viewer to see the passing of people, seagulls, and the endless movement of the ocean juxtaposed with the closed Coney Island amusement park. This shows how an […]

“By making reproductions. It substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence. And reproduction to meet the beholder or listener in his own particular situation, It reactivates the object reproduced.” In the age of mechanical reproduction, one has to think it was a double edged sword. On one hand it was cheating. Cheating that […]