Pictures of Pictures

Pictures of Pictures? New technology is constantly shaping our lives in every way. The way we document and take notes usually involves our cellphone camera, which by the way keeps getting more sophisticated every couple of months. Everytime i go to a museum i find myself taking pictures of pictures, which is kind of interesting when you think about it. I think it’s a great way to document improtant information and preserve memories of a good experience. Painters all over the world did the same exact thing before techonlogy came into the picture. They painted a portrait or a landscape to document and preserve memory. The Venice Biennale exhibits international art so this would be a perfect setting to reveal the ‘onion effect” like Smith stated in his New York Times article.