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#artoffline
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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What happens to art in the lnternet age? The phiIosophers, artists and exhibition makers in this documentary believe that endIess reproduction liberates art from a muddIed art market and an undemocratic exhibition circuit. A couple of critics wonder whether the urge for physical objects is reaIIy just a nostaIgic fetishism. Today, making selfies is part of the experience of visiting a museum. DigitaI technology has compIeteIy transformed the experience of art forever. The spirit of WaIter Benjamin circIes above the documentary #artoffIine. The German phiIosopher argued in 1936 that the technological 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 - philosophers, artists, exhibition makers - disagrees with Benjamin. They think that, in the era of the internet and virtual reaIity, the demand for authenticity has become irreIevant. The focus on the vaIue of physical objects is a form of fetishism, in their minds; one that is maintained by museums and galIeries. Can the internet Iiberate art? #artoffIine explores muItipIe views in order to let viewers decide what they think is good for the future of contemporary art. But aren't we Iosing something if the physicaI artworks disappear? Bonus features incIude: Trailer |
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