Re: <nettime> Photography and repetiion

[morlockelloi@yahoo.com]

One of definitions of kitsch is that it shifts the focus from the object 
to both the subject and subject's peers. Emotions are triggered because 
it's so nice to have those emotions, and because it's so nice to have 
the same emotions others will also have - fuzzy ad nauseam. The object 
itself is relevant only to the point of being easily emotionally 
interpreted, including imbeciles.

The automation of 'social' interactions amplifies kitsch by orders of 
magnitude, leaving no emotional space for anything else.

But there are upsides:

- It's now easy to determine, algorithmically via big data, what is not 
kitsch: the search returns no results.

- Authors motivated by recognition are being weeded out, as they stand 
no chance against the Big Amplifier.


On 3/27/15 16:48 , daniel rubinstein wrote:

> How many times was it liked, shared and re-twited?


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