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Roohollah Ramazani Barkoosara, Volume 2, Issue 7 (9-2013)
Abstract
This article describes the role of technology in the
developments occurred in the experience of the
work of art in modern era. First, the philosophical
fundaments of Benjamin views on experience and
the historical backgrounds of his considerations
about art are explained. Following, the effects of
technology is assessed both on the essence and
perception of art. It is discussed that technology,
while changing the sentimental apparatus of human
being, has effaced the distance and uniqueness
of artwork for its audience a situation which
is in turn a direct consequence of the presence of
technological reproduction in the sphere of art. The
result of such a historical shift is the decline of the
artwork’s aura and the replacement of ritual func5
tions by exhibition value. The arts like photography
and cinema, which depend on technology, are
essentially reproducible and their function is fully
exhibitive. Hence, the exhibitive appeal to art for
the masses makes it political. Such an appeal can
be either of use to totalitarian forces in society, like
Fascists, or becomes a means for enlightening the
masses and making them compatible with conditions
of modern technological life.
Kheyzaran Esmaeilzadeh, Volume 5, Issue 18 (5-2016)
Abstract
This articles focuses on the possibility of the audience’s democratic participation in the interactive arts and discovers it on some samples of art activism. The theoretical framework is based on Walter Benjamin’s ideas about democratic art, and on the relationship between art and politics as seen by Jacques Rancière. It searches features of democratic participation in art in two models, “the standing man” in Turkey as a political-artistic action, as well as the “Village of Arts and Humanities” in the United States as a socio-artistic activity. The paper analyzes political and democratic characteristics of the samples based on the theoretical framework proposed and explaines how art activism with interactive approach provides the equall involvement and participation of the audience and also clarifies why these activities should basically be considered as Art.
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