The Manifestation of Aura

  • Client: Sylvia Ballhause
  • Size: A6 (10,5 x 14,8 cm)
  • Printing Technique: Laser Print
  • Year: 2012
  • About:

    The starting point of this artwork is the engagement with the term “aura” in the theory of art, media and photography. In the book The Manifestation of Aura Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” is reduced to groups of words with the term “aura”. All other text passages are not visible, but still present through the white, empty spaces. (S. Ballhause)

    Idea:
    Sylvia Ballhause

    Visual Concept:
    szim

The Manifestation of Aura

  • Client: Sylvia Ballhause
  • Size: A6 (10,5 x 14,8 cm)
  • Printing Technique: Laser Print
  • Year: 2012
  • About:

    The starting point of this artwork is the engagement with the term “aura” in the theory of art, media and photography. In the book The Manifestation of Aura Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” is reduced to groups of words with the term “aura”. All other text passages are not visible, but still present through the white, empty spaces. (S. Ballhause)

    Idea:
    Sylvia Ballhause

    Visual Concept:
    szim