The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn(1996)
An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and the activities of the Situationists.
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An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and the activities of the Situationists.
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1996-01-01
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