Glocal Metamodernisms Conference April 27-27 2023
I just attended the Glocal Metamodernisms Conference in Jyväskylä, Finland and gave a talk on the idea of ‘space’ and ‘alternative spaces’ as represented in films (see Space 1 and Space 2 for more, Space 3 will be up soon). Though I have no qualms or nervousness about the...
Seattle Metamodernism Summit Sept 10-11 2022
I had a great time at the Seattle conference! I met loads of people I was very keen to meet and did my talk at the end of the first day on the Metamodernism in Popular Culture panel. My talk – like my research paper – is on the...
Always Connected. Always Alone.
When thinking about metamodernism – what it is, how one recognises it – I wrote down some notes on modernism and postmodernism. Along with thinking of the time spans and a few cultural influences, I wanted to come up with a pithy sentence on each of the eras. This...
Timotheus Vermeulen
Timotheus Vermeulen is a professor of media, culture and society at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the co-founder of the now defunct webzine Notes on Metamodernism and a regular contributor to frieze. His research and teaching are primarily in the disciplines of ‘screen studies’ and ‘critical and...
Metamodernism
I learned about ‘metamodernism‘ when I was in my second year at Chelsea. I honestly don’t remember how I came upon it, but it blew my freakin’ mind and spoke to me in the deepest way. It suddenly made everything I’ve been increasingly feeling over the past 15 years...
Self-Reflection
Where does your inspiration come from? This is one of questions that is asked of anyone who does anything creative and it’s hard to answer. You can list films, books, artists, tv shows, plays etc that you like and have ‘inspired’ you, but to deeply answer the question –...
And we’re off…
We had our first meeting yesterday and I met a few interesting people. Only ‘a few’ because I only got a chance to briefly talk to a few one on one. I’m sure we will have plenty more opportunities to get to know everyone. I need to do a...
Coming Soon
I’m about to start an MA in Fine Art. One of the requirements of the course is to keep a blog. I uhmmed and ahhhed about starting a new one or using my art blog that I’d been keeping throughout my Foundation and BA, but decided that I might...