Post modernism

ABHINAV SRIVASTAVA
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Modernism = logocentrism

You knew who you are

You create who you want to be

Post
Modernism = Individualism

Modern age

production
Community life
Social class
Family
A belief in continuity and situation
A role of education
A one-way media
Overt social control
Nationhood
Science aided progress and finding
the truth
Structure/security/place/stability
YOU KNEW WHO YOU WERE

Post modern age

consumption
fragmentation (individualism)
Identity from other sources
Families (many options)
Breakage with the past/tradition
Education for what?
Duality of media (choice/interchange)
Covert control (CCTV etc)
Global
Science is only one source of
knowledge plurality of truths now
Confusion/lack of structure/
incessant choice
YOU CREATE WHO YOU WANT TO BE

Reality is fragile and confusing

It started with postmodern architecture

Postmodernity in architecture is said to be heralded by the return of "wit, ornament and reference" to architecture in
response to the formalism of the International Style of modernism.
The functional and formalized shapes and spaces of the modernist style are replaced by diverse aesthetics: styles
collide, form is adopted for its own sake, and new ways of viewing familiar styles and space abound.
Architects rediscovered the expressive and symbolic value of architectural elements and forms that had evolved
through centuries of building which had been abandoned by the modern style

Philip Johnstons tower has a

classical greek pediment shape
on the top taken from furniture
design

Building stood in stark contrast to the boxy

glass-and-metal towers that had sprung up in
Midtown Manhattan since the 1950s. Regarded
as the first Postmodern skyscraper, the 37-storey
building designed by Philip Johnson and John
Burgee featured a number of ornamental
flourishes, from its granite cladding and
"Chippendale" roof line to its brass and marble
finishes on the interior.

Architects and their grew bored with the

restrictive rules of modernism which
dictated that form follow function and
allowed for no decoration.

Petronas Twin Tower

constructed largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade
designed to resemble mo6fs found in Islamic art, a reec6on of
Malaysia's Muslim religion

The interiors of the towers

highlight the Malaysian
cultural inspira6on to the
design through tradi6onal
aspects such as fabric and
carvings typical of the culture,
specically evident in the
foyer of the entrance halls in
the towers.

diamond-faceted facade made of

stainless steel extrusions..
the stainless steel element of the
towers en6ces the illustrious
sun, highligh6ng the
magnicent towers

the Petronas Twin Towers oor plan design

adopted a simple Islamic geometric forms of two
interlocking squares crea6ng a shape of eightpoints stars with the semi-circles soEening in the
inner angles.

Simulacrum
a copy of a copy of a copy

theres no such thing as originality

Post-modernism Illustrated Disneyland Disneyland is a simulacra.

It is a simulated reality. It is artificial yet real. It is a place that exists

and is accepted because our imagination makes it so. The fine line
between reality and fantasy is greyer. The power of the symbol over
substance.

Post-modernism illustrated - diet

People are also driven by to change their body shape through diet..a control..choice.
People are constructing themselves and designing their individual identities

Post Modern Media presumes

that the audience is media literate and familiar
with a wide range of media references and
needs a high level of stimulation. Media started
to make intellectual references to other media
texts to entertain and amuse the audience and
involve them through their familiarity

ON TV
THE SIMPSONS
DOES IT ALL THE TIME . .