Altermodern

Exciting news today, thanks to Bruce Sterling’s splendid Beyond the Beyond.

I’ve been immersed in writing lately, so this next exhibit slipped under my radar, but Nicolas Bourriaud’s latest exhibit, the 2009 Tate Triennial, is called Altermodern. Bourriaud’s manifesto can be seen here. Bourriaud’s one of the sharpest thinkers around today and this exhibit just cements my decision to explore network culture in my next book. Bourriaud’s show marks a break with postmodernism based on a new stage of globalization. As he writes in his Altermodern manifesto: "Multiculturalism and identity is being overtaken by creolisation: Artists are now starting from a globalised state of culture."  

I suppose this is the kick in the pants I need to get my introduction out the door and onto this site in the next few days. Even if I fully intend to rework it repeatedly even after the draft hits the networked book, the stakes of framing the argument clearly are high so writing it has taken a month longer than I wanted. 

Exciting news today, thanks to Bruce Sterling’s splendid Beyond the Beyond.

I’ve been immersed in writing lately, so this next exhibit slipped under my radar, but Nicolas Bourriaud’s latest exhibit, the 2009 Tate Triennial, is called Altermodern. Bourriaud’s manifesto can be seen here. Bourriaud’s one of the sharpest thinkers around today and this exhibit just cements my decision to explore network culture in my next book. Bourriaud’s show marks a break with postmodernism based on a new stage of globalization. As he writes in his Altermodern manifesto: "Multiculturalism and identity is being overtaken by creolisation: Artists are now starting from a globalised state of culture."  

I suppose this is the kick in the pants I need to get my introduction out the door and onto this site in the next few days. Even if I fully intend to rework it repeatedly even after the draft hits the networked book, the stakes of framing the argument clearly are high so writing it has taken a month longer than I wanted.