18 12 / 2008
"But the instant the criterion of authenticity ceases to be applicable to artistic production, the total function of art is reversed. Instead of being based on ritual, it begins to be based on another practice—politics."
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1936) (via syntheticpubes)
I like this. It’s in the same vein as one of my favorite quotes, too. Said quote to be posted straightaway. Forthwith.
