What's Lost?
(the losses can be perceived as gains, depending on your point of view)
Context
There's a distortion
Aura
make paintings obsolete
What's gained?
Have an appreciation of work on our own terms
There's more accessibility
group two
What's Lost?
Scale
value uniqueness of event
materiality
overdubbing (over an image) creates a difference
no frame, no environement
loss of intimacy
What's gained?
preservation of works existing now only in reproduction
accessibility
group three
What's Lost?
travel and going to the work, lost of momentum of ownership
scale (Voice of Fire e.g.)
Perspective
no longer involved in a journey or pilgrimage
What's gained?
Artwork available at all times
Satisfaction
couldn't get there necessarily (to see the Mona Lisa) but I still have a simulated experience of it.
