The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be."
https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
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Ha! That article was the first assigned reading I had in film school. It seems so dated now in this age of perpetual simulacra. Makes me a little nostalgic. At least people still collect vinyl :)
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