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2nd Benjamin Reading - Brad Sigety

2nd Reading The second reading by Benjamin was complicated and hard to read. I did not really enjoy struggling through the hard/complex language that forced me to stop reading and go back through to get a better understanding. The ending was the most annoying part for me as he got extremely political. I am a self called history buff (I love reading and learning about history) and love learning about the world wars. However even this was a little extreme for me. I understand his believe that fascism is not a healthy government for lots of countries around it as it has a need to expand to other areas. Benjamin then goes off and says how the global communist revolution is the answer. It was a little interesting in how he connected art to history, The most interesting is how he was able to draw a clear line from photography to ancient spiritual artwork. However, if Benjamin would have only exclude getting his political view involved I feel I would have enjoyed it more. Overall I found thi
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Obs. Walk - Brad Sigety

For my observation walk I decided to follow people around the SMU campus to discover new parts of it that I wouldn't of discovered otherwise. The most surprising thing that I came across on this activity was the path behind Fondren Library. I never knew that path even existed and I'm in my 2nd year here at SMU. The fact that I am still discovering new places at SMU and in Dallas is part of the reason I love it down here and Photo 1 has only made me more adventures in my discovers in the area.
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Pierce, Post 3

Within the reading “The Work of Art of Its Reproducibility” there are many abstract themes. I found in the reading as a whole the theme of an ora weaves a thread throughout the article. And it can be seen from certain angles that ora has died due to technology. Pictures have a certain ora about them, an originality about its essence. But, has it really died? Maybe it is a zombie. Not dead or alive. Within the second part of the reading, there was also a lot of reference towards comparisons. The magician and surgeon simile was beautiful. He related those two professions to the camera machine and paint. I also loved when he brought up film. I quote that resonated with me was when he stated; “To photograph a painting is one kind of reproduction, but to photograph an action performed in a film studio is another. In the first case, what is reproduced is a work of art, while the act of producing it is not.” This is where he brought up the term montage and coined it as a way to create an art
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Pierce, Extra Credit Walk Post

When asked to "get lost", this assignment seemed easy at first. It turned out to be harder than I thought. I started a walk right outside of my apartment. I took my camera with me and shoot images throughout the whole process. This was a very eye-opening experience. I looked at markings on the street, I looked at the sky and noticed the grass more. I typically walk while reading or text on my phone. I know, very dangerous. This allowed me to see things differently, that is a very cheesy statement but, it truly did have this beautiful symbolic effect on me. Seeing the colors and bazar shapes of the trees was a way I got lost on my walk. I then started to wander in buildings. Meadows was a building I went into and I found a lot of beautiful statements and saying written all over the building. In all, it was a remarkable experience and it made me appreciate my campus and my surroundings.
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Observation Walk - Anna Garrett

Doing this exercise was hard for me because I grew up in the neighborhood surrounding SMU and know Dallas very well. So, in order to get lost I wandered up and down streets I had never been down before until I was pretty lost. The first thing I noticed was while a lot of what I was looking at was beautiful and surrounded by foliage, I became bothered by the number of wires surrounding us in our daily lives. While wires connect us to others across the world, they disrupt the natural beauty of the world and get in the way. The second observation I made was how relieving it was to be out of my normal atmosphere, and in my own space I felt pretty certain I wouldn't stumble upon anyone I knew. Because of this, I felt comfortable taking time to look around me and I noticed how many planes are simultaneously crossing in the sky. It is amazing from how below planes can look like they will intercept one another, meanwhile they are actually thousands upon thousands feet apart in the vast sky
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Pierce, Post2

Within the reading "The Work of Art in the Ages of its Technological Republicibility" there is a lot of talk about originals and copies. This concept is really fascinating because it seems like originals are very few and far between nowadays. There are copies of everything and multiple ways to access things. Mass production is still happening even though the idea of uniqueness and originality is what people strive for within most contexts. "Authenticity" has a beautiful ring to it. And this word pops up a lot within the author's tone.  A quote that I found to resonate with the article is "in photography it can bring out aspects of the original that are accessible only to the lens". As a beginning photographer, there is a beauty to this statement because it gives the images we capture an intimate characteristic.
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Response to "The Work of Art in the Age of it's Technological Reproducibility" -Anna Garrett

While I was reading this article, I best understood it as comparing it to branding. Meanwhile I believe the authenticity of art is important and builds an "aura" that is meaningful, I often times become frustrated with the ability of brands to brand in a way that makes the same material way more expensive because of the associated name. For example, the way a piece of nylon can become 5x as expensive because it has the lulu lemon logo on it. Art however I think deserves the "aura" or as we would say now "clout" it receives. There is something about being able to see something that has been frozen throughout time, and yet still encapsulates the full quintessence of what the artist wished to portray while also speaking to individuals in a unique way.
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