Been meaning to post the following - our scorer from Artemis. I was thinking about it in relation to the visit to Ruskin Archive at MS and also of the text from which its inspired in relation to Ruskin's ideas about industrial developments [perhaps every century needs a dont go to the light / loss of aura eccentric? - perhaps my anti facebook trait makes me the one for now!]. Posting this reminded me of being told at RCA we couldn't do this to a important text like Benjamins, a comment which of course reinforced the rarification of academic texts and the position of the academy. All of which relates to our work and our attempt to use artfull-ness to improve access to provisions and also our desire for the Poly to ask "where does knowledge reside?"
AURA SCORER - Score
an objects aura using the pro-forma below.
The authenticity of a thing is the essence of all that is
transmissible from its beginning, ranging from substantive duration, to its
testimony, to the history which it has experienced. What withers is the aura in
the age of reproduction.
W
Benjamin
TITLE / DESCRIPTION of OBJECT to SCORE:
RECORD THE SUB TOTAL FOR
EACH ELEMENT THEN ADD TOGETHER TO FIND THE OBJECTS TOTAL AURA SCORE.
0 = empty of aura 10 = full of aura
IS THE OBJECT ORIGINAL?
[If it’s a reproduction then
it’s less original]
0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->10
Sub Total
IS THE OBJECT UNIQUE?
[Is it unique to not?]
0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->10
Sub Total
IS THE OBJECT AUTHENTIC?
[Does it testify to the
history it has experienced e.g. patina?]
0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->10
Sub Total
IS THE OBJECT RITUALISTIC?
[Is its function honest or
referential?]
0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->10
Sub Total
HOW MUCH SHADOW DOES THE OBJECT CAST?
[Not physically but
metaphysically]
0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->10
Sub Total
Total AURA =
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