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The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

In the book the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction from 1936 critical theorist and member of the Frankfurt school Walter Benjamin discusses the work of art in modern time. He uses photography and film as examples of how the mechanical reproduction breaks with the traditional aspect of artworks, and with religious cultic aspects to be replaced by displayability. All art is reproducible: what man has made, man has always been able to make again, however the…

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Port Bou

Port Bou

Port Bou er et lite spansk tettsted liggende med havet på den ene siden og pyrineene på den andre. Stedet som ligger tett opptil grensen mot Frakrike har i underkant av 1500 innbyggere og er ganske lite. Før vi kom hit trodde vi det var mindre enn det var. Vi trodde det var et hotell og et hostell. Da vi kom frem fant vi ut at det var flere hosteller, faktisk overraskende mange til å være et så lite sted….

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