What really stood out to me in this article is the comparison between the human and the mechanical. Vertov constantly compares the human eye to cameras. He calls this mechanical being the "Keno Eye". He says that this Keno Eye is more perfect than the human eye, and that while we can only do so much for a person's sight, we can endlessly perfect the artificial eye. This Keno Eye can also record reality in a radically different way than that of the human eye. I think that this comparison is interesting, one that seems very relevant in today's world where technology is surpassing humanity.
Jamie Baron Response
I definitely found quite a bit of this really dense and towards the end slightly redundant as much of what was discussed was summarized into chapters. That being said, the idea of "archons" as administrators of archival footage, really hammering in that idea of who is writing history. Archival footage certainly creates an interesting display of how history can be told and manipulated, as while a camera is objective, the way it can be manipulated and construed can greatly benefit or harm depending entirely on who's behind the camera. I think that idea really works its way into archival based art in an interesting way, as the artist has this form of authority in how to turn the pre-filmed footage into something new, creating this chain of differing narratives.
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