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aura2 CONSTRUCTSMigraine auraAIRY · 1870Auratic presenceBENJAMIN · 1935

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Neurology

a transient, reversible disturbance of vision, sensation, or other function that precedes or accompanies a migraine or seizure.

In neurology an aura is the transient, reversible disturbance of vision, sensation, or other function that precedes or accompanies a migraine or an epileptic seizure. The slowly expanding, shimmering blind spot that Airy mapped is the classic migraine aura, now understood as the perceptual sign of a travelling wave of altered cortical activity. The referent is a brief physiological event in the brain.[1]

Unit
The transient perceptual disturbance preceding a migraine or seizure
Recovery means
The disturbance resolves as the underlying cortical event passes, typically within an hour for migraine aura
Measured by
Characterised by the type, spread, and duration of the disturbance and its timing before the headache or seizure

Aesthetics & media theory

an artwork's unique presence in time and space, rooted in tradition and ritual, which mechanical reproduction strips away.

For Benjamin the aura of an artwork is its unique presence in time and space: its embeddedness in tradition and ritual, its singular here-and-now and the distance that commands. Mechanical reproduction such as photography and film strips this aura away, so the copy, however perfect, lacks it. The referent is a property of authenticity and distance, not a neurological disturbance.[2]

Unit
The unique presence and authenticity of an original work in its own time and place
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Argued qualitatively from a work's ritual and exhibition context and whether reproduction severs its singular presence

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References

  1. Airy, H. (1870). On a distinct form of transient hemiopsia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 160, 247–264. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1870.0013
  2. Benjamin, W. (1969). The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. In H. Arendt (Ed.), Illuminations (H. Zohn, Trans., pp. 217–251). Schocken Books. (Original work published 1935) ISBN 9780805202410

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