Nicole Aarts is writing her MFA Thesis on metamodernism and artificial landscapes at the Fontys University for Applied Sciences in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Her research includes the work of among others Ochoa, Sigurdardottir, Fischer, and Eliasson (see below). Any further suggestions? Contact us at mtmdrn at gmail dot com.
Vannessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent for The Observer, perceives a new generation of artists turning its back on the by now anachronistic YBAs. “As some of the former rebels of the notorious Young British Artist movement are accused of selling out to “the establishment”, a new generation is taking their place, flaunting an altogether …
In Ian McEwan`s Atonement fiction is as ambiguously portrayed as in Kennedy`s “Original Bliss”. But McEwan goes further. He not only portrays the two-faced nature of fiction, he also strongly accentuates its aesthetic potential as well as showing how fiction functions as an instrument of inadequacy. Briony – a thirteen-year-old girl – is the protagonist …
Advertising transcends its function as a managerial tool designed to influence consumption and also echoes, reproduces and taps into wider societal themes, values and trends. The debate and study of postmodern influences on marketing and its expression in advertising has gained a late momentum in the mid 1990s(1), though did not reach beyond being a …
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Probably fashion’s best kept secret of last year, Tom Ford’s first women’s collection, launched in June. It was a surprise to many. Like a sun-bather’s pool party and inspired by the breezy spirits of a 1960s David Hockney-like California, he presented a range of pieces made from delicate fabrics in carefully chosen colours that were …
In A.L. Kennedy`s short story “Original Bliss” fiction is introduced as a powerful instrument that is able to stabilize situations, relationships and identities but also possesses a destructive and even perverse element. How fiction is treated here is one of those indicators asserting that what is so typical about postmodernism is questioned or simply …
