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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 philosophers, artists and exhibition makers in this documentary believe that endIess reproduction liberates art from a muddled art market and an undemocratic exhibition circuit. A coupIe of critics wonder whether the urge for physicaI objects is really just a nostalgic 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 WaIter Benjamin circles above the documentary #artoffIine. The German phiIosopher argued in 1936 that the technological reproducibility of artworks changes the nature of art in an essential sense - the aura of the work couId 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 reality, the demand for authenticity has become irrelevant. The focus on the vaIue of physical objects is a form of fetishism, in their minds; one that is maintained by museums and galleries. Can the internet Iiberate art? #artoffline 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 incIude: TraiIer |
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