quoting Walter Benjamin: Paris, die Hauptstadt des XIX. Jahrhunderts

quoting Walter Benjamin: Paris, die Hauptstadt des XIX. Jahrhunderts
online publication series on facebook based on daily updates since august 3, 2009-


the structure of facebook as a social networking tool and magazine with decentralized notes, essays and media publications, in a mixture of private and public statements coming from all kinds of content fields, enhances the concept of short daily updating and interactive communication.

Walter Benjamins essay Paris, die Hauptstadt des XIX. Jahrhunderts relates to interdependencies of media technologies coming up in XIX. century and having an influence of society and the arts in early XX. century. The essay is pioneering and many approaches of rethinking structures of society still seem to apply to the information age in its current states.

the concept of daily short quotes on the theme, afresh introducing the approaches of one of the most pioneering philosophers of the early XX. century on a social networking platform like facebook with its millions of members might be a socially effective contemporary approach to give new appreciation to the ouevre of Walter Benjamin in all its contemporary relevance.

the daily short notice creates different attention and ways of perception than reading a book. it will be interesting to experience actions and reactions on Walter Benjamin's ideas and reflections today, in such an interactive framework as an online web 2.0 platform. quoting Walter Benjamin: Paris, die Hauptstadt des XIX. Jahrhunderts is a communication project applying a social networking tool to interactively discuss developments of European society in the early XXI. century while experimenting with new forms of perception.

visit:
http://www.kanonmedia.com/portfolio/concepts/benjamin_paris/benjamin_paris.html
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kanonmedia
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alexandra reill
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