Jan 18, 2019 · Benjamin investigates the role that technological reproduction plays in shaping aesthetic experience as he catalogues the profound consequences that film and photography have had on the decline...

INDECLINE is an Activist Art Collective founded in 2001. It is comprised of graffiti writers, filmmakers, photographers and full-time rebels and activists. INDECLINE focuses on social, ecological and economical injustices carried out by American and International governments, corporations and law enforcement agencies.

Oct 31, 2024 · So you need to ditch that simple model of art versus entertainment. And even ‘distraction’ is just a stepping stone toward the real goal nowadays—which is addiction. Here’s the future cultural food chain—pursued aggressively by tech platforms that now dominate every aspect of our lives.

Jan 6, 2025 · The decline of arts criticism, since the arrival of the internet and the collapse of journalism’s business model, is by now a much-told story, but if it’s ever going to reverse itself, we need to understand why criticism mattered in the first place—what it did and how.

Apr 5, 2017 · After the Fall of Rome in the 5th century a thousand years would pass where images were reduced to cartoons and abstract symbols created more for proselytizing religon than aesthetics.

Jun 19, 2019 · When the art of past ages glorified the human being and beautified the world, it had a civilizing effect which enriched entire ages. In the 19th century art, by-and-large, still performed this life-enhancing function.

Jul 4, 2012 · We still see some interesting cover art but when it has to work as a 64 x 64 pixel thumbnail, it leaves little space for depth or impact. Book shops are in decline as are the book covers on their shelves.

Indecline, stylized as INDECLINE, is an American art collective. Members have said that the collective was formed in 2001 and is decentralized, with "dozens" of members in affiliated groups in several US states and a few foreign countries, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and have characterized it as "[an] underground movement [of] activists, musicians, graffiti ...

Our 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts seems to report that art is working for fewer Americans, a finding that is deeply disturbing to all of us who care about the arts in our country. It reports a 5 percentage point decline in arts participation by Americans.

Jan 9, 2025 · Before we dive into the reasons behind the decline of art, let’s define what we mean by "fallen". In this context, "fallen" refers to a state of deterioration, decline, or a decrease in quality. It implies a loss of what once existed, a loss of …