PressPausePlay

In the documentary PressPausePlay, famous artist's talk about the modern and the effect of technology and mass media has had on the art of the world, especially music. The basic battle that is fought throughout the film is whether the mass media is helping the spread the culture of art or if mass media is destroying it and creating democratisation. Olafur Arnalds, a modern technology composer who was discovered over the Internet, is the major push through out the film that technology is good, that technology is changing the world of music for the better.
A movie director Lena Dunham, interviewed several times throughout the film says this within the first couple of minutes of the film, and sets the stage for the battle of art in the modern era. "Theres a million different platforms, so that all really good for people want to express themselves but also makes it a lot harder to kind of break through all the noise." (Dunham) All this technology is opening up doors for artists but it could also be destroying the magic in the art.
Andrew Keen, an author interviewed within the film is obviously against all the technology and he speaks about humans think that they are they artist and every human thinks that they can do better then the next guy. To put it in simple words he says this, "Its global masturbation." ( Keen) Humans are loving them selves more then the art that humans listen/look at. Mass media has destroyed the elite image that art used have. All though people within the film says technology is destroying arts commutation eliminate, many other believe that technology in helping with the communication in art.
Brenda Walker, a music journalist believe that all this technology is helping artist to open doors to a whole new thing and is helping to create messages that could never have been shared without technology and mass media "I think this is an incredibly fertile time for artists there is no cap on creativity, the technology advances have given the artist an open door..." (Brenda  Walker music journalist) Art should be able to be experienced by everyone and be able to move everyone. Maybe art is begging to lose some of its power and it is harder for a great artist to be discovered, but artist's live for changing people life and communicating with an audience, that's all that should matter and is cared about with modern day artist, not money.

Within the film, Arnalds is asked to compose a piece of music for a full orchestra, something he has never done before. He is very worried about, for he is worried that those in the audience will not like the piece for it is not totally classical and maybe not as amazing. Even so he says this. " But I think it sound good, and that's what matters...and I hope that people realize that's its not about the elitism and rules...but about doing something nice." This digtial world humans now live is helping to spread a message and amazing art to people that would never have been able to feel or see that art do to mass media. This is changing the world.

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For me this film spoke very deeply. I am living in this age of change when it comes to the arts. I believe that what we are creating is more beautiful then ever and with the help of technology art is toughing more people then ever, and that is truly amazing and something I think I have longed to see and continue to see grow throughout our small world. Art is amazing and we have the chance to spread it and share it so, why not?