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Hologram If You Hear Me: Putting the Aura Back In Digitally Reproduced Performances

April 29, 2012 · by Robin James · in artwork, aura, Benjamin, Coachella, hologram, Mechanical Reproduction, posthuman, tupac, uncanny

After holographic Tupac crashed Coachella 2012, the buzz about holographic performances by dead musicians has breached the music blogosphere and hit the mainstream. Even Jezebel, which isn’t really a music blog, had a featured article about the topic. Sure, the…

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