MCC-UE 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frankfurt School, Proletariat, Reproducibility
27 Apr 2016
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The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. How is culture functioning to sustain and support capitalism"s dominance over people. Fake choices that really lack freedom though there is discourse of freedom. Uses marx"s framework to analyze the superstructure. Ideology: art, family, education, science, culture, state, law. 1930s we see changes in superstructure after 40 years of industrialization (changes in base) Base can change in radical revolution (marx"s socialist. New addition of photography is that it freed hand of artistic obligation. He understands that the photographer can make artistic choices with the camera. He is interested in reproducibility: work of art reproduced. In photography we strip artwork of its aura: film = art of reproduction: wants to get closer, crack uniqueness of aura. Artwork independent of cult value can be political. As artwork is reproduced and it gets closer to person, the aura is lost reasons to get closer. Claims no alteration of reality, but there is.
