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The work of art in the age of digital recombination ---Jos de Mul

In this essay, Jos de Mul’ idea was developed based on Walter Benjamin’s “The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction”. Jos introduced Benjamin’s theory which is in the age of mechanical reproduction the “aura” and “cult value” of the work of art been replaced into “exhibition value”. Then Jos explained the idea of database ontology chaiming that in the age of digital recombination the “aura”of art work returned with a twist, and the “exhibition value” being replaced by “manipulation value”.

Cult value vs. exhibition value

Benjamin believe that before the age of mechanical reproduction the work of art’s dominant type was characterized by uniqueness and singularity. He designate the uniqueness of the material and historical of the work of art is “aura”. It serve the ritual function and connects with the concept of “cult value”. In the auratic work of art the sensible and the supersensible, the material signifier and the spiritual meaning, are inseparably linked with one another. However in the age of mechanical reproduction the uniqueness and permanence of the auratic object are being replaced by transitoriness and reproducibility. Benjamin chaimed “ the work of art is that in the age of mechanical reproduction by means of print, photograohy and film, we experience a radical loss of aura. The cult value of artworks will gradually vanish and gives way to exhibition value.

Although Benjamin hold melancholic undertones of the age of mechanical reproduction, he also notice that “mechanical media” possess a fundamental democratic and even revolutionary potential. In the age of the age of mechanical reproduction art work can “access for all ”, also allowed progressive artist to “politicize the arts”and mobilize the masses against the fascist “aesthetization of politics”. Jos de Mul tend to hold the ambiguity towards the age of mechanical reproduction. He believe it is neither simply be hailed as cultural progress nor simply doomed as cultural decline, mechanical reproduction brings both Opportunities and new dangers.

Database ontology

Database aesthetics and politics

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	Benjamin believe that before the age of mechanical reproduction the work of art’s dominant type was characterized by uniqueness and singularity. He designate the uniqueness of the material and historical of the work of art is “aura”. It serve the ritual function and connects with the concept of “cult value”. In the auratic work of art the sensible and the supersensible, the material signifier and the spiritual meaning, are inseparably linked with one another. However in the age of mechanical reproduction the uniqueness and permanence of the auratic object are being replaced by transitoriness and reproducibility. Benjamin chaimed “ the work of art is that in the age of mechanical reproduction by means of print, photograohy and film, we experience a radical loss of aura. The cult value of artworks will gradually vanish and gives way to exhibition value.		Benjamin believe that before the age of mechanical reproduction the work of art’s dominant type was characterized by uniqueness and singularity. He designate the uniqueness of the material and historical of the work of art is “aura”. It serve the ritual function and connects with the concept of “cult value”. In the auratic work of art the sensible and the supersensible, the material signifier and the spiritual meaning, are inseparably linked with one another. However in the age of mechanical reproduction the uniqueness and permanence of the auratic object are being replaced by transitoriness and reproducibility. Benjamin chaimed “ the work of art is that in the age of mechanical reproduction by means of print, photograohy and film, we experience a radical loss of aura. The cult value of artworks will gradually vanish and gives way to exhibition value.

	Although Benjamin hold melancholic undertones of the age of mechanical reproduction, he also notice that “mechanical media” ~~also~~ possess a fundamental democratic and even revolutionary potential. In the age of the age of mechanical reproduction art work can “access for all ”, also allowed progressive artist to “politicize the arts”and mobilize the masses against the fascist “aesthetization of politics”. Jos de Mul tend to hold the ambiguity towards the age of mechanical reproduction. He believe it is neither simply be hailed as cultural progress nor simply doomed as cultural decline, mechanical reproduction brings both Opportunities and new dangers.		Although Benjamin hold melancholic undertones of the age of mechanical reproduction, he also notice that “mechanical media” possess a fundamental democratic and even revolutionary potential. In the age of the age of mechanical reproduction art work can “access for all ”, also allowed progressive artist to “politicize the arts”and mobilize the masses against the fascist “aesthetization of politics”. Jos de Mul tend to hold the ambiguity towards the age of mechanical reproduction. He believe it is neither simply be hailed as cultural progress nor simply doomed as cultural decline, mechanical reproduction brings both Opportunities and new dangers.