digital painting | 2022 | aka the persistence of aura in the age of antilogical consumption. | aka the value of ritual in the age of the hyper-capitalistic superstructure. | aka the failed decay of the sacred object in the age of infinite reproducibility. | aka the role of deconstruction and error in the age of fluid identity. | SOURCES : 'the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction' by walter benjamin (1935) | 'the work of art in the age of digital reproduction' by douglas davis (1991-95) | 'the myth of interference' by david einberger (2003)| 'three use cases for virtual goods' by jeremy liew (2008) | 'bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system by satoshi nakamoto (2008) | 'digital dualism and the glitch feminism manifesto' by legacy russell (2012) | 'right-click and save as guy' by xcopy (2018) | 'we now have the tech to make screen-based art truly collectible' by sarah zucker (2020)