Josh Ferrell Blog 2

In this modern age the idea of authorship has come under the microscope. In the age where pirating has replaced consumerism how do you differentiate between the pirate and the artist. This question permeates the use of digital technology, often misused. But for better or worse the definition of authorship at least has changed. As we saw the world can be bent and pixilated and molded into the will of the artist. Digital technology has taken the art of Warhol and given us the tools to produce it in seconds. As such, cultural production exists in an age of postmodernism. Taking what has been true in culture in time past and giving it new life and new meaning, reflecting our culture of recyclable past. The accessibility of this technology has also lead the wider expansion of this idea. But with every good comes bad. Technology that allows us to grab pieces of art from the web has lead to a war on piracy and an explosion thereof. Yet completed culture is still the malleable clay in the clever artist’s hands, and all can be made into new art.