Thursday, March 10, 2016

Kino Eye



Upon reading about the Kino Eye i can't help but think about the writer of this piece. He t talks about changing the way situations and ideas are perceived and it makes me think about media during WW2.
Circumstances can't look different from different angles both literally and metaphorically.  It also made me think about that nifty line from V for Vendetta "Artists use lies to tell the truth while politicians use them to cover the truth up." But is there such a thing as real truth anymore? If we can change virtually everything about a live experience simply with the manipulation of technology, what is real?
I find this both fascinating and terrifying for the same reasons. We rely on news media and other non fiction (i use the term loosely coughcoughFoxNewscough) outlets to deliver truth since we can't be everywhere at the same time. But we also value artists for almost the opposite reason. We are looking at their version of reality. As a whole, the camera and its developing technology artistically renders truth in a way that the human eye can't.

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