Post Modernism and Visual Culture.

The lecture today was centred around exploring the idea of post modernism and its meaning. I honestly found this lecture quite difficult to follow as it involved lots of intersecting concepts and periods throughout time, but it made more sense towards the end of the lecture as we put the theory into modern context.

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Blog Task.

Jon Savage Essay Annotation.

Post Modernism  Glossary.

Post Modernism - Postmodernism is a reaction against the intellectual assumptions and values of the modern period in the history of Western philosophy. The concept lacks overall consensus of its meaning and application.

Modernism - sustained period of development and innovation in the arts reflecting the new discoveries and ideas in science and technology. It roughly took place from the mid 19th century to the late 1970's.

Rationalism - Scientific ideologies replacing religious ideologies.

Determinism - The idea that all actions and choices are predetermined by actions, and the history that came before us.

Meta-narrative - a narrative account that explores the idea of storytelling, often by drawing attention to its own artificiality.

After Modernism - The idea that modernism has met its end, and can no longer be modernised as it has all been done previously.

Anti Modernism - The reaction to the failures and conflicts caused by modernism e.g. subversion of modernist ideals.

Hyper Modernism - The successor to modernism, and post modernism. The idea that the context of an object is irrelevant to its function.

Hyper Reality - The lack of boundaries between simulation and fantasy, and reality.

The Unstable Image - The lack of trust of images due to the loss of context and reality e.g. manipulated photoshop images.

Bricolage - The sampling of ideas from the past in creating something new.

Parody - A loaded simulation/ mockery of an original text.

Pastiche - An image presented without reality or context, which then, in turn, removes meaning.

The Society of the Spectacle - The view and perception of life as seen through as screen.