Dematerialization of the Object of Art

Kraftwerk

I just found one of my favorite videos from 1986, by Kraftwerk "Music, Non Stop". This was one of the most advanced videos I had ever seen at the time. Imagine the computing power this needed!

Kraftwerk |MTV Music

Under Pressure

MTV has released all of the videos for free on their website. For someone who comes from the days before MTV, taping "Friday Night Videos" on VHS or staying up late surreptitiously to watch it live, it marks another change in how we consume our media, or at least the death of an old way.

Anyway, while perusing the site I discovered that the video for David Bowie/Queen "Under Pressure" is really aging well--it seems just as good today as it was in 1981. The arc of the video seemingly brings us from the last eight emotional years of the Bush administration to the place of hope that I feel now that we have a new president elect.

Queen |MTV Music