Some of our colleagues at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, are organizing an promising symposium on post-postmodernism and trauma and asked us to spread the word. Among the speakers are Raoul Eshelman and Hans Bertens. We hope to feature a brief conference report later this month. Beyond Aftermaths: Contemporary (Post-)Postmodernism in the Shadow of the Twentieth Century, 21-22 …
Architects, we wrote in a previous post, struggle to find an aesthetics proper to the metamodern structure of feeling. A particularly interesting exception to this rule is the office of Herzog & de Meuron. ‘In some ways’, we observed: Herzog & de Meuron have always, through-out their careers, attempted to find formal alternatives to architectural …
As you will have noticed, Notes on metamodernism has undergone some changes of late. For one, we have relocated from mtmdrn.blogspot.com to metamodernism.com. We have also transferred all of our archives. Thus, if you are looking for one blogpost or topic in particular, say Timotheus Vermeulen’s Hard boiled wonderland – from pomo to metamo, you …
The ecosystem is severely disrupted, the financial system is increasingly uncontrollable and the geopolitical structure has recently begun to appear as unstable as it has always been uneven. CEOs and Politicians express their ‘desire for change’ at every interview, voice a heartfelt ‘yes we can’ at each photo-op. Planners and architects increasingly replace their blueprints …
Paper addressed at Thinking in Unity Conference LMU Munich Read More »
From time to time, we receive an interesting mail in our mailbox. Michael McKenny’s mail is one of those, so we will post it integrally, below. Michael analysed the limits of postmodern theory. He argues that postmodern theory is not sufficient for a proper understanding of the gaming experience. The following is an excerpt from …
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Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker‘s foundational essay ‘Notes on metamodernism’ was published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Culture in October 2010. It opens thus: The ecosystem is severely disrupted, the financial system is increasingly uncontrollable, and the geopolitical structure has recently begun to appear as unstable as it has always been uneven. CEOs …
