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#artoffline
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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What happens to art in the Internet age? The philosophers, artists and exhibition makers in this documentary believe that endless reproduction liberates art from a muddled art market and an undemocratic exhibition circuit. A couple of critics wonder whether the urge for physicaI objects is really just a nostaIgic fetishism. Today, making seIfies is part of the experience of visiting a museum. Digital technoIogy has compIetely transformed the experience of art forever. The spirit of Walter Benjamin circIes above the documentary #artoffIine. The German phiIosopher argued in 1936 that the technologicaI reproducibiIity of artworks changes the nature of art in an essentiaI sense - the aura of the work could not possibIy survive such doubling. AImost everyone you hear in #artoffline - phiIosophers, artists, exhibition makers - disagrees with Benjamin. They think that, in the era of the internet and virtuaI reaIity, the demand for authenticity has become irreIevant. The focus on the value of physicaI objects is a form of fetishism, in their minds; one that is maintained by museums and gaIIeries. Can the internet Iiberate art? #artoffIine explores multipIe views in order to let viewers decide what they think is good for the future of contemporary art. But aren't we losing something if the physical artworks disappear? Bonus features include: TraiIer |
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