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Talking Metamodernism with Tim Vermeulen

WiM October 26, 2021 No Comments
Talking Metamodernism with Tim Vermeulen
Timotheus Vermeulen, with his colleague Robin van den Akker, wrote the 2010 essay “Notes on Metamodernism” that effectively kick-started contemporary discourse on the post-millennial aesthetic sensibility characterized – in …
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Metamodern transmedia artist Donald Glover/Childish Gambino with Cam Ostrander

WiM September 16, 2021 No Comments
Metamodern transmedia artist Donald Glover/Childish Gambino with Cam Ostrander
Our guest Camden Ostrander is an expert on all things Donald Glover/Childish Gambino and the writer behind Season 7 of the Dissect Podcast which explores in depth Childish Gambino's …
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“You’re Like Me” – A Metamodern Reading of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Jen Cardenas August 18, 2021 No Comments
“You’re Like Me” – A Metamodern Reading of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
My favorite film of 2019—nay, my favorite superhero film of all time, is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The protagonist is Miles Morales (voiced here by Shameik Moore), the newest …
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“Not normal” – the Tokyo Olympics Normalized Metamodern Aesthetics and Sensibilities

Linda Ceriello August 11, 2021 No Comments
“Not normal” – the Tokyo Olympics Normalized Metamodern Aesthetics and Sensibilities
After seeing the staging of the most metamodern US presidential inauguration ever back in January, we shouldn’t be too surprised that this year we would witness the most metamodern …
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“Should I Be Joking in a Time Like This?”: Bo Burnham’s INSIDE as a Metamodern Response to Crisis

Tom Drayton August 2, 2021 No Comments
“Should I Be Joking in a Time Like This?”: Bo Burnham’s INSIDE as a Metamodern Response to Crisis
Our guest writer, Tom Drayton, is a Senior Lecturer in Acting, Performance and Directing at The University of East London, UK. His research concerns international activist theatre and the …
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Metamodernism in Television: BoJack Horseman and Flawed Heroes, with Arielle Bernstein (WiM Conversations)

WiM July 8, 2021 No Comments
Metamodernism in Television: BoJack Horseman and Flawed Heroes, with Arielle Bernstein (WiM Conversations)
WiM Conversations is a series of videos in which we chat with other theorists, artists and culture-makers who involve themselves with metamodernism. Our second guest is Arielle Bernstein, a …
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Black Bear: Aubrey Plaza Changes Up Her Metamodern Thing

Greg Dember May 5, 2021 No Comments
Black Bear: Aubrey Plaza Changes Up Her Metamodern Thing
I paid the full $20 to watch the film Black Bear (online) on its release day (December 4, 2020) mostly because I’m a huge fan of lead weirdo, Aubrey …
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Weezer’s Emotional Breakthrough – “Bird With a Broken Wing”

Greg Dember February 28, 2021 No Comments
Weezer’s Emotional Breakthrough – “Bird With a Broken Wing”
I’ve always liked Weezer, but never felt like they were one of my bands. “The Sweater Song,” “Buddy Holly,” and “Say It Ain’t So” – the hits from their …
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WHAT IS METAMODERN? Conversations: Deep Reckonings with Stephanie Lepp

WiM January 6, 2021 No Comments
WHAT IS METAMODERN? Conversations: Deep Reckonings with Stephanie Lepp
This is our first VidCast episode! WiM Conversations is a series of videos in which we chat with other theorists, artists and culture-makers who involve themselves with metamodernism. Our …
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Metamodernism, Russell Brand and Spiritual-But-not-Religious Soteriology

Linda Ceriello November 5, 2020 No Comments
Metamodernism, Russell Brand and Spiritual-But-not-Religious Soteriology
Russell Brand is a contemporary comedian, author, actor, activist, TM meditator and yoga practitioner, of whom, cards on the table, I am an unabashed fan-girl. He is also one …
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What Is Metamodern?

We’ve been here since April 2013 investigating metamodernism by cataloguing instances of this emerging cultural and aesthetic turn. Our exemplars on this blog come mainly from pop culture.

Briefly, we start from the assumption that so called “metamodernist works” engage the conflicts between modernist conviction and postmodern relativism, in part by embodying an aesthetic that braids the various epistemic perspectives with an emphasis on felt experience.

Click on “About Metamodernism” for a longer introduction to metamodernism.

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