CCS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Walter Benjamin, Neurology, Duchenne De Boulogne
22 Feb 2017
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Instantaneous: captures a single moment in time. Realistic: accurately and directly represents the world. Reproducible: can be copied and reproduced over and over. Transportable: can be shared and sent quickly and easily. The development of a technology shapes and transforms the society in which it is used. Technologies are the product of social forces, and are developed alongside and in response to cultural and historical transformations. Reproducibility changes in art and media. 19th century fascination with speed and movement (railroad, steamship, automobile, airplane, photography, motion studies, scientific management) Speed transforms our perception of the world. Acceleration, both physical and technological, shape the 19th and 20th centuries technology allows us to capture the otherwise imperceptible. Became a famous photographer for his images of the yosemite valley in 1860s. Began studies of animal locomotion in 1877. Developed the zoopraxiscope in 1879, an early proto-cinematic moving picture technology. Photography captures an indexical trace of an event.
