[READING RESPONSE] Walter Benjamin

In Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media. He explains the work of art’s uniqueness is equivalent to its involvement in the context of tradition.
On the contrary, in the present age of reproducible general technology. Can a computer without emotion really provide artistic creativity? In my opinion, art is something that people put their emotions and time into, and people appreciate the ideas and the thoughts in it. However, if skill can reach or even surpass the level of human intelligence, then what does this mean for us human artists and even for the art world as a whole? In the article, it is also pointed out that Greek art is considered unique and cannot be replaced by technology. Therefore, I believe that technology should be a tool to help human beings. It would be better to reproduce artworks through existing technology. It is not easy to reproduce a set of films with different actors having their own roles in the film. Cinema is said to be made up of auras. Therefore, the film industry is able to merge the reproduction and production of artworks and is able to show them on the screen.

Cheung Cheuk Lai Anson

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  1. Chak Chung says:

    I enjoy your reflections on the role of technology in the process of production in art and connecting those ideas with films. More elaboration on your stance of how technology can aid the production of art will clarify your position in Benjamin’s discourse.

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