Text: AuraWalter Benjamin’s concept of aura can be understood as  a metaphysical understanding of uniqueness. Benjamin’s traces aura to the ritualistic origin of art, first magical then religious, it has  always had its basis in some form of ritual.

Aura

Walter Benjamin’s concept of aura can be understood as  a metaphysical understanding of uniqueness. Benjamin’s traces aura to the ritualistic origin of art, first magical then religious, it has  always had its basis in some form of ritual. Through mechanical reproduction, Benjamin saw the possibility of politics becoming the aureatic foundation for new artworks.