david turgeon on Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:52:08 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> [ot]FW.:.the era of postmodernism ended:.: |
>you know, i read someone saying that with the fall of the twin towers >which were a perfectly postmodernist piece of architecture -- reflections >of each other without an original -- the era of postmodernism ended. >self-reference, irony, repetition, etc., all the attributes of >postmodernism which basically devoid creation of reality, authenticity >will be now void as reality came down crashing a hundred stories and >rendered things meaningful. if that is true, & seeing how things are looking now, it seems we have finally found the answer as to WHAT comes after post-modernism: ** the middle ages ** coming up: a few hundred years of trusting the authority of your senses. e.g. "yech, d0od, the plague REALLY hurt!!!" ~ david # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net