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postmodernism and rasmussen s slip

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

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