Siri Hustvedt’s latest work The Blazing World (2014) is a complex and multi-layered novel that deals with the notion of authorship in the art world. The novel shows an intricate play with the concept of authorship and highlights in particular a form of authorship that is rather restrictive. The fictional author/creator constructs an aesthetic experience … Locked Up: Siri Hustvedt’s ‘The Blazing World’ Read More » The post Locked Up: Siri Hustvedt’s ‘The Blazing World’ first a...| Notes on Metamodernism
The popularity of ballet on the internet is one that often (but not always) relies on the idea of ballet as a static aesthetic rather than as a performance. And to be more specific, as a distinctly ‘feminine’ aesthetic. As both a writer about ballet and a researcher working within the fields of Adaptation and … The ‘Dead Girl’ Aesthetic & Ballet Online Read More » The post The ‘Dead Girl’ Aesthetic & Ballet Online first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
This conversation took place in the studio of artist Rebecca Partridge in advance of her exhibition Notations at Kunstverein Springhornhof and has been published as part of the exhibition catalogue earlier this year. Partridge suggested that it might resonate with themes that are regularly discussed and may be of interest to readers of, and researchers … Resonances and Reverberations Read More » The post Resonances and Reverberations first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
From a perspective traditional to cybernetics and information theory, the necessary condition that foregrounds any act of mediation is separation. To communicate, it is presupposed that the entity that transmits information is discrete from the entity that receives it. By initiating the act of communication, the entities involved consent to collapse, as Eugene Thacker calls … A Closeness Always Faint Read More » The post A Closeness Always Faint first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
It has been five years since our essay-cum-opening statement ‘Notes on Metamodernism’ was published in the Journal of aesthetics and culture, about six and a half years since it was written, and sevenish years since it was conceived late at night in a student dorm room in London, discussing, not entirely sober, the financial crisis,| Notes on Metamodernism -
Robert Peston is a kind of modern broadcasting hero. The BBC’s Economics Editor is a popular, engaging and energetic figure who helps explain capitalism to the people of the UK. Sometimes though, he seems rather a worried man. He worries about the price of crude oil. He worries about the government deficit and the latest unemployment … Robert Peston In The Desert Of The Real Read More » The post Robert Peston In The Desert Of The Real first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
The pop-culture zombie creates a compelling analytical framework for viewing the shifts and usurpations within competing cultural theories and artistic movements. The zombie process of life–death–rebirth suggests that even what dies will eventually come back to haunt us, and its rebirth inscribes a new way of understanding the previous life-death dynamic. For instance, in the … The Oscillating Zombie Read More » The post The Oscillating Zombie first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
The role that the designer plays in society has, for many years, been relatively fixed – a client passes information to a ‘professional creative’ who then formats the given content for a specific audience using their specific toolkit; be it a chair, a website or a book. However, around the turn of the millennium something … The Role of the (Graphic) Designer… Read More » The post The Role of the (Graphic) Designer… first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
Postmodernism is dead, but its successor has not yet been crowned. Attributes of that successor have, however, begun to be elucidated. Among them is the idea that, after the scepticism of postmodernism, interest is re-emerging in the inexplicable, the unspeakable, in the things that cannot be encompassed rationally. Florian Niedlich calls this development a ‘religious … Oscillating Towards the Sublime Read More » The post Oscillating Towards the Sublime first appeared on Notes on Metamod...| Notes on Metamodernism
Adam Thirlwell's Serpentine Bridge Commission and everyday prophecy. “…prophetic speech, which tells of the impossible future, also tells of the ‘nonetheless’ that breaks the impossible and restores time.” The post “That’s how quickly your life can change” first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism
