Archive for November, 2009

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

This podcast includes an interview with a VU art student and intern at the Brauer Museum of Art. She discusses Walter Benjamin’s concept of a work of art’s “presence in time and space.” We also discuss the value of an original work of art versus more modern practices of reproduction.

 
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009

DJ and Alyse discuss Elizabeth Eisenstein and Adrian Johns, and their views on the printing press as a cultural force.

 
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