VCC101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Movable Type, Tom Cruise, Linotype Machine
7 Oct 2014
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Vcc201 lecture 6: visual technologies, image reproduction, and the copy. What do we mean by a copy : multiple reproductions of famous art pieces (ex. Copies are made on commodities such as mugs, shirts, etc: printing press makes copies; however, it is in decline, the printing press however is a fascinating invention, ex. Artificial people who are replicates of real human beings: ex. Tom cruise fighting a copy of himself. In both oblivion and blade runner, the copies are made to do work in a capitalist system: that is, the copies are commodities and produce wealth, factories make copies because copies make money, copies imply an original . In the 13ths century old french original meant first : came from latin originalis, from originem (normative origo) beginning . 14th century copier: came from medieval latin copier to transcribe originally to write in plenty from latin copia, hence, to write an original text many times. , ex.
