Not sure what that has to do with the price of eggs. Benjamin is not talking about something called authorship.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Saul Ostrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Authenticity is not the same as authorship even a forgery is authored > Chair, Visual Arts and Technologies > The Cleveland Institute of Art > > > > >> From: Derek Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:35:14 +1000 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Presence >> >> But he seems to mean the original of the thing whose authenticity is >> in question. What does that mean? Is he just saying that we need to >> be sure that a work is by the artist who is said to have created it if >> we are going to call it authentic? But that is crashingly >> self-evident. >> >> Or is he talking about an 'authentic' copy? >> >> Or what? >> >> >> DA >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I think it is very simple. In order to prove the authenticity of anything we >>> need example from the same creator proved, as practically possible, >>> authentic >>> for comparative study. >>> Boris Shoshensky >>> >>> -- "Derek Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> RE: ' >>> "The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of >>> authenticity," writes Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of >>> Mechanical Reproduction. ' >>> >>> Among the various gnomic statements by Benjamin, this is not a bad >>> example. What does it mean? Any suggestions? >>> >>> DA >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Saul Ostrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> AAH New Voices Postgraduate Symposium >>>> University of Cambridge, Newnham College >>>> 1st November 2008 >>>> Art and Authenticity >>>> Call for Papers >>>> >>>> Deadline: 1st September 2008 >>>> >>>> "The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of >>>> authenticity," writes Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of >>>> Mechanical Reproduction. Questions of authenticity dominate art history, >>>> from verification of an artwork's claims to legitimacy, to rethinking, in >>>> the wake of rapidly evolving information technologies, the very concept of >>>> authenticity. This conference seeks to offers a platform for the >>>> exploration of the ways in which authenticity can serve to validate and >>>> verify, how it relates to historical truth, but also how faith in the power >>>> of authentication makes manipulation and falsification dangerously easy. >>>> >>>> >>>> New Voices postgraduate symposium, now in its sixth year, is organised by >>>> the Student Members' Committee of the Association of Art Historians (AAH). >>>> This one-day conference offers an opportunity for postgraduate students to >>>> present their research in an informal, supportive and stimulating >>>> atmosphere. We seek proposals for papers that examine the notion of >>>> authenticity in all historical periods and critical perspectives, across >>>> all mediums. Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to: >>>> >>>> . Uniqueness and originality of artwork vs reproduction, multiples and copy >>>> . Fakes and forgery: ethics and legality >>>> . Connoisseurship, attribution, authentication and conservation >>>> . Document and archive as evidence >>>> . Photography's power to document and authenticate >>>> . Questions of authorship and authenticity >>>> . Appropriation: borrowing and stealing? >>>> . New possibilities offered by the technologies to authenticate but also to >>>> manipulate the image >>>> >>>> We welcome proposals of 250 words for 20 minute papers from postgraduate >>>> students of all levels. Please send abstracts, including the full title of >>>> the paper, your name, institutional affiliation and contact details to Olga >>>> Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Louise Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by 1st >>>> September 2008. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Derek Allan >>> http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> Internet Security Software - Click here. >>> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4s9vBhSfPXnUtLfFCjey51aA >>> 5zGEFieIsruPDcEWGF9mGKSQ/ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Derek Allan >> http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. > > -- Derek Allan http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm
