Alternatives and possibilities

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If a modernist, a postmodernist and an altermodernist were set the same creative tasks at art college what would the results be? A play on Nicolas Bourriaud's concept, by James Clegg

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Modernism and After (Vis Com) Part II

Lecture 1: Alternatives and Possibilities

“POSTMODERNISM IS DEAD”From the Altermodern Manifesto (Baurriaud 2009)

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

Patrick Swayze (1952- 2009)

Pomo

Postmodernism(19?? – 2009)

**Simula-cra-choo!** Bless you POMO’

Postmodernism was pronounced dead this morning after having snorted whopping amounts of cocaine. Found naked, cold and shivering in a hotel lobby

Nicholas Bourriaud

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Modernist

postmodernist

altermodernist?

Do something creative with a cardboard box!

TASK 1

Make a photograph

TASK 2

Kasimir Malevich (1918) White on White

Constantin Brancusi (1909-1911) Sleeping Muse

Donald Judd (1966) Untitled. Stainless Steal and Yellow PlexiGlass

Andy Warhol (1964) Brillo Box

Mary Miss (1978) Perimeters/ Pavillions/ Decoys

Santiago Sierra (2000) Six People who Are Not Allowed to be Paid for Sitting in Cardboard Boxes

Walead Beshty Installation of FedEx® large Kraft boxes ©2005 FedEx 330508, International Priority, Los Angeles-Tijuana, Tijuana-Los Angeles, Los Angeles-London, October 28, 2008- January 16, 2009 2008-ongoing

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Lazlo Maholy-Nagy (1926) Photogram

El Lissitzky (1924) The Constructor

Richard Prince (1980-4) Untitled Cowboy

Barbara Kruger Who’s the Fairest of them All

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Walead Beshty (2007) Transparency (Negative)

Darren Almond (2008) Fullmoon. China

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Modernist

postmodernist

altermodernist?

Report Card - Modernist

Report Card - Modernist

• Concerned with distinct art forms.

• Seeking originality within their work.

• Believe in Progress.

Report Card - postmodernist

Report Card - postmodernist

• Concerned with the coming together of art and popular culture.

• Always questioning originality (through appropriatation).

• Sceptical about progress/ loosing a sense of linear history.

Report Card - altermodernist

• Interested in movements of people and things, journeys.

• Less concerned with ‘origins’, more concerned with how things are changing.

• Interested in how different spaces and times interact.

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Charles Avery (2008) Untitled [Two Dilettantes]

Lali Chetwynd [aka Spartacus Chetwynd] (2004) An Evening with Jabba the Hut.

Marcus Coates (2008) Plover’s Wing

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Modernist

postmodernist

altermodernist?

Tell a story

TASK 3?

Make a film

TASK 3?

Decorate the fire place

TASK 3?

References

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