Water Benjamin’s the Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility

Walter Benjamin discusses idea reproducibility of art in the age technological development. He affirms the art used to serve as magical and a religious rituals but technological reproduction makes it possible to reproduce endless replicas that deforms works of arts and therefore culminating in the loss of its aura. Nevertheless, photography makes words  of art available to the masses which can be considered as a form of emancipation. For Benjamin artist reproduction revolutionized art and artistic cult value at the expense of exhibition value.  Mechanical reproduction makes works of art available not only to the elite but also to masses. Social media has played an important role in making works of art available to all and this supports that Walter Benjamin ideas about art. The prevalence of applications that make the masses share works of arts and interact as well as have an idea about how others perceive those works of art. This  accelerates interaction as well the way the works to can change our perception about things.