Shooting Gallery: Art in the Age

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction is a Philadelphia -based artist collective championing the the ideals of fine craft and intellectual rigor. Through their website, social communities and, most of all, their flagship store, Art in the Age promotes “thought-provoking products of real cultural capital.” Their name comes from the title of Walter Benjamin‘s famous 1936 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” in which Benjamin laments the advent of image reproduction and the loss of “aura” or awe for a single work of art.

Art in the Age also makes the absolutely delicious liquor ROOT, an organic spirit distilled from U.S. sugar cane with flavors inspired by pre-temperance alcoholic Root Tea (sassafras, sarsaparilla, etc.).  Find it here.