Art Authenticity in a Digital Age | Benjamin's 'Aura' Explained
Exhibitionistas - Notes on ArtJune 15, 202600:57:29

Art Authenticity in a Digital Age | Benjamin's 'Aura' Explained

Can I have a moving art experience with the copy of a masterpiece? Walter Benjamin's concept of "aura" is wildly misunderstood—and his insights still teaches us something vital about images, visual arts, and art wonderment in a screen-saturated world. On this episode, we unpack why your mediated art experience matters, and what Benjamin really meant about the "here and now" of art. This episode opens up the gates of Benjamin's famous book and iconic critical thinking piece* _The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction_ * to stimulate informed agency, and free your art pleasures, in matters or art appreciation and aesthetic experience. #walterbenjamin #aura #technologyandart

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00:00 Can we be moved by a reproduction of an artwork?

07:04 My adventure with 2 paintings by Caspar D. Friedrich

15:52 Benjamin, a fellow podcaster? And the real change brought by tech

20:12 Art Etiquette segment!

29:07 Walter Benjamin's Influence on Art and Technology

40:13 Copy v automated reproduction

53:26 Brainstorm in a teacup segment!

54:37 Answer to the question: can we be moved by a copy of art?