A summary of Walter Benjamin’s ‘Work of Art’ essay, and its relevance today.

Despite his life being cut short in an attempt to flee Nazi-Germany, Walter Benjamin remains today one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century and an instrumental figure in critical and…

Introducing Jean Baudrillard’s concept of hyperreality.

‘…hyperreality is here to stay. It will not pass by, and therefore it must be thoroughly understood and contended with as a vital part of contemporary political culture.’ (Soja 2005: 348)

The hyperreal depictions of 9/11 in United 93 and The Avengers

“In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained…

The Vietnam War through Hollywood’s Lens, or Coppola’s so to speak

A critical analysis of ‘Apocalypse…

The dissolution of the historical Real on account of the historical film

The introduction of the moving image was as much a cultural as it was a technical phenomenon, given that it satisfied society’s demand for Realism. In remediating photography through the process of…