Democracy and the Arts: From Social Structures to Digital Platforms
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-128-143
Abstract
The article examines what changes the concept of authorship and the boundaries between mainstream and elite arthouse cinema in the digital age. Using online films and protest practices as examples, it explores how artificial intelligence (AI) affects artistic production and audience response. The ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, M. Bakhtin, Y. Lotman, S. Lourie, and J. Baudrillard provide theoretical background for the article and contribute to a new understanding of the role of AI as a co-creator in the cultural environment.
About the Author
Ariana V. Prygunova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ariana V. Prygunova
Cand. Sci. degree seeker, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University).
76, Vernadsky avenue, Moscow, 119454
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Prygunova A.V. Democracy and the Arts: From Social Structures to Digital Platforms. Vestnik VGIK. 2025;17(4(66)):128-143. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-128-143
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