[Reading Response] The Work Of Art In The Age Of Its Technological Reproducibility, And Other Writings On Media
In the reading, Walter Benjamin presents the idea that technology, especially those related to reproducing and distributing art and media, has the ability to fundamentally alter the nature of art. Architecture is one of the most static and immovable forms of art, while it was not a subject of scrutiny in the reading, it can be a though provoking matter to be analysed using Benjamin’s ideas. I found an intriguing dichotomy between architecture (static, costly and permanent) and film (dynamic, easily distributable and transient), which can perfectly capture the transformative effect of media technology on art. A brief detour into