Assignment 4

Assignment #3 Sound

Yay!

Reading #2 Question

From this quote, "Some employ chance operations, derived from sources as ancient as the Chinese Book of
Changes, or as modern as the tables of random numbers used also by physicists
in research," do you know any examples of music created in this way?  Also, where does "music" in general currently stand in the art world (is classical music a "fine art" or such?).  Thank you!

Reading #1 Question

Throughout the essay, Benjamin is trying to describe how the introduction of film into the society of art has changed both the definition of art and the observance of the audience.  Why is it that the concept of reproduction of art in older times vs. modern times and the topic of architecture are elaborated in just as much, if not more, detail than his thesis?  Such as in the example of surgeon and magician, why does Benjamin wish to compare painting and film as if they were of equal standing and thus prove one "penetrates" the viewer more than the other?

Assignment #2

Alrighty!

It's plays a bit faster than it does in Photoshop ... arg :/

Assignment #1

Here we go!  :)