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2. Postmodernism. Generally, a rejection of Western cultural certaintiesQuestions the Enlightenment notion of
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1. 1 Postmodernism and Rasmussens slip Please note: images are on slides 14-22 inclusive
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3. 3 Uses of the term postmodern Late 1960s - John Barth; Merce Cunningham; Charles Jencks, The Language of Post-modern Architecture
Modernist architecture - homogenous, glass and steel, parts related to whole
Post-modern - new materials, technology, irrational relationships, blurring of boundaries - decentred
Comparison with modernism/modernity common and useful
4. 4 Postmodernism vs. Modernism Modernism - movement that rejected Victorian standards
High Modernism (1910-1930) - Woolf, Joyce, Eliot, Pound
5. 5 Characteristics of Modernism Subjectivity - how we see rather than what
Movement away from 3rd person and fixed POV
Blurring of genre distinctions
Fragmented forms, discontinuous narratives
Self-reflexivity
Tendency toward minimalism and the non-decorative
Rejection of high/low distinction
6. 6 The Red Wheelbarrow (W. C. Williams)
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
7. 7 Postmodernism vs. Modernism Formal similarities, difference of attitude
Modernism - fragmentation to recapture lost unity
Postmodernism - fragmentation for its pleasurable qualities
8. 8 From Bliss (Peter Carey) We are into the late twentieth century, Lucy said, and definitely not fighting against it. Enjoy it. Its incredible. The sunsets wouldnt look so beautiful if there werent all this shit in the air. It refracts the light and makes better sunsets.
9. 9 Postmodernity vs. Modernity Modernism early 20th century/Modernity a set of ideals at modernisms base
Modernity - European Enlightenment - mid 18th century
Enlightenment = Humanism
10. 10 Characteristics of Modernity Stable, coherent, knowable self--reason, rationality
Science is the mode of knowing for the rational self, science is objectively true
Knowledge produced by science will lead to progress
Morality and freedom depend on reason
The true is always the good and the right
Language is a transparent window onto knowledge
11. 11 Postmodernity vs. Modernity Modernity - reason creates order out of chaos
Postmodernity - lack of faith in turning order to chaos
Ideas of modernity in tension with those of post-modernity
12. 12 Postmodernity as we (perhaps) experience it Serial relationships over marriage
Short-term contracts over tenured positions
Multi/inter-disciplinary over expertise
Disjunctive, subjective narratives over secure omniscience (films my grandmother hates)
Collaborative work over singular artistic creation
13. 13 Rasmussens slip and Postmodernity Interdisciplinary (craft, illustration, film, photography, sculpture)
Collaborative - many different makers (Jansen, Nicholls, Rasmussen, T. Doropoulos, R. Doropoulos, Armstrong, Miraudo, Loxton)
Non-traditional gallery spaces (CBD walls and footpaths, online)
Subject matter - dispersed and fragmented human subjects bleeding over into their environment
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23. 23 Pro-postmodern reading of slip The creative freedom inter-disciplinariness offers
The usefulness of collaborative practice
The plasticity of the postmodern subject - subject-in-process, able to change and develop
24. 24 slips critique of Postmodernity Emphasizing marginal practice (craft and the feminine still marginalized in postmodern culture)
Emphasis on physical labour and materiality (not all is free play)
Focus on the enforcing of inter-disciplinariness - one must support an art practice with other work (short-term contracts etc)
25. 25 Connections between Postmodernity and workplace reform Is the ability to negotiate your own workplace agreement a postmodern freedom? (flexi-time, jobshare)
Or does the postmodern subject ultimately lose freedom within such a culture? (sessional lecturing, disappearing tenure)
26. 26 Summary 1: Postmodern Politics Mini-narratives - whose truth should count?
Identity politics
Also smaller approach to politics
27. 27 Summary 2: Postmodern Detractors Frederic Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, 1984
Third phase capitalism, effacement of the real
No recourse to a stable truth by which we could defend ourselves
Postmodern subject has lost autonomy
28. 28 Summary 3: Postmodern Detractors (contd) Terry Eagleton, The Illusions of Postmodernism - ambivalent towards PM
Successful in allowing people to challenge dominant narratives
Has unfortunately encouraged a relativism towards moral and ethical judgments - narcissistic self-interest