Reproduction & Representation
by James Chc (2013)
Kidnny - A kidnny is a granny that prefers items that society deems are for a younger person. Due to ageing population, most of the human beings will die as kidnnies and buried inside Gucci stores. Kidnny is the future, that’s you and me, we may still want to be a rock star, dress like daft punk, cool like daft punk, but under the helmets, we are just another kidnny.
Take care kidnny, is that Nasal discharge?
James Chc is raising two questions.
1) Is 3D Printing the future of art, or another way round?
"Mechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual."
"In principle, the work of art has always been reproducible. Objects made by humans could always be copied by humans. Replicas were made by pupils in practicing for their craft, by masters in disseminating their works, and, finally, by third parties in pursuit of profit. But the technological reproduction of artworks is something new."
"In even the most perfect reproduction, one thing is lacking: the here and now of the work of art-its unique existence in a particular place. It is this unique existence-and nothing else-that bears the mark of the history to which the work has been subject."
"The representation of human beings by means of an apparatus has made possible a highly productive use of the human being’s self-alienation."
Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the age of Mechanical
Reproduction. 1935.
2) Social hijacking has become a serious issue, like idenity thief. You can be anyone.
