The Off-Modern
Synopsis
Svetlana Boym writes a new genealogy of modernity, moving beyond older debates between modernism and postmodernism to focus on the intersection of art, architecture, technology, and philosophy in the early twenty-first century. Drawing on theories of Georg Simmel, Henri Bergson, Aby Warburg, and Jacques Derrida, Boym presents the off-modern as an eccentric, self-questioning, anti-authoritarian perspective with roots in the Russian avant-garde, now developed in surprising ways by contemporary artists, architects, and curators around the world. She illustrates the off-modern in discussions of (and with) figures as diverse as architect Rem Koolhaas, Albanian artist-turned-mayor Edi Rama, an art collective in Delhi, and the creator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles. Both a manifesto and a memoir, The Off-Modern often returns to themes of travel and immigration, exploring issues of diasporic intimacy and productive estrangement amid nostalgic landscapes of urban ruins.Book details
- Series:
- International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics
- Author:
- Svetlana Boym
- ISBN:
- 9781501328954
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781501328978
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pages:
- 208
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-03-07
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Copyright by:
- Estate of Svetlana Boym, 2
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Education, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Social Studies