#postmodernist

[germanpostwarmodern]

House Hofer (1979-81) in Liestal, Switzerland, by Michael Alder

#1970s #house #postmodernism #postmodernist #architecture #switzerland #architektur #michael alder

[knkanzapaint]

"Hull Zero Three", Ink on sticky note, feb 2023

#surrealism #surrealart #surreal #horror #horrorart #horrorartwork #traditionalart #traditionalartwork #neoexpressionism #neoexpressionist #postmodern #postmodernism #postmodernist #greg bear

[drdamiang]

IN TRUTH

IN TRUTH

in truth

we must

despite all its

articulations

obfuscations

poetry is

a species of denial

exposing and hiding from

what we

know

but refuse to see

many times have I confessed

to

and debated this

consulting my Muse

best at

providing unique

analysis

as to why these words

never say

what I wish

they would say

reveal what

I pray they might

reveal

just play that game

of signs

that is ultimately, me

#poem #poetry #postmodernist #poststructuralist

[kasiabobula]

#the cosmic house #detail #door knob #postmodernist #postmodernist architecture #postmodernism #architecture #interiors #charles jencks

[archoptical]

#mi6 #sisbuilding #vauxhall #secretservices #postmodernism #postmodernist #architecture #london

[mart-singer]

TCX02-23, mixed media on cut canvas, 9.8 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches. TCX02-23, technique mixte sur toile coupée, 25 x 23 x 2 cm.

#peinture #painting #touch #brownpainting #brushstrokes #brushpainting #canvascutting #couleurterre #browncolor #postmodernpainting #expressionist #postmodernist #materialpainting

[austronautcirca1147]

🥕 Little "first page" of a short story

I hope it makes sense. If not, I hope, at least, the writing is yummy.

"Could you even try to be any slower?” Tremor drawls slowly in his creaky voice. The Wasted jumps at the sudden noise.

Mutt rolls his eyes, growls back tauntingly through gritted fangs, “Could you?”

“Shut up, you lot. Let’s get a move on, already. I’m famished.” The Wendigo’s dark eye sockets, gaping holes in his skull, seem to gleam with impatience.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever. You’re always starving, Glutton, we know.” The snide chuckles are quickly silenced by the annoyed gnashing of teeth.

A hard tug on the locked doors, the rattling of metal echoing through the empty streets, and they are set briskly on their separate ways. Glutton and Tremor will be in the draughty, bleak dormitories by sundown. Mutt huffs at the thought, doesn’t watch them go.

He grumbles silently, I am not paid enough for my job, then snickers: I am hardly paid. The glittering gold that is spread so abundantly amongst Workers seems priceless, and it is. Everyone dies in death for it, but it is simply meaningless. That’s funny. Priceless. Price-less. How ironic. He chuckles to himself.

A nervous noise from somewhere behind Mutt does not startle him. There is nothing to care for in life: nothing to love, and thus nothing to fear. Annoyance churns alone inside him, then becomes amusement.

“Come along, bud. Ready to die?” Mutt turns, flicks his ear, motions for the Wasted to follow. The vague memory of an introduction surfaces briefly; he waves it away. The Wasted’s name is unimportant. Next sunrise, Mutt will be standing in the same place, uttering the same words.

The Wasted pauses, swallows, and tries to joke, “I- I think I’ve already done that, sir.”

Mutt barks loudly. “You funny thing,” he howls, “quit joking. Jokes aren’t for you lot. You still care.”

The Wasted fails to utter the strength to protest, and trudges behind Mutt, thinking there is nothing more to lose. Funny thing, Mutt remarks silently, quite funny, and so wrong. Just like all the others.

Mutt leads the Wasted through the affluent neighbourhood. Mutt had visited the dead before, in their bright, colourful, horrible world. The size of the houses on some unassuming hilltop had possibly been even larger than those he walked by now. He rolls his eyes at the memory: silly people. They even call themselves ‘alive’. I do not understand.

“These are sweet houses,” the Wasted remarks timidly. Mutt shrugs.

“They are.” His bland reply.

“Who could ever afford to live here?”

Mutt chuckles, mutters knowingly, “no one. No one ever affords it, funny thing. It is given to them freely.”

“How?” Even now, Greed is crawling through the Wasted’s words. Tremor would laugh so much they’d cause an earthquake, when I tell them this.

“So many questions.” Mutt laughs. “It is for those with small noses.” The Wasted reaches a hand up to its face wondrously.

“That’s hardly fair. People with, I dunno, big noses, I guess, didn’t choose to have them!”

Mutt needs not reply; they arrive at the Doorway, which is hardly a doorway at all, but simply the yawning mouth of a cave, whose inside is infinitely dark. The Wasted shivers.

“So.. this is it?”

“You seem unimpressed. What do you stall for? You may go back to ‘life’, now, like you lot have worked so hard for.”

“Yes, but..” The Wasted trails off, Mutt talking over his dawdling words. The Wasted thinks what all Wasteds think: why? Why live? What’s it worth? Mutt has heard too much of it.

“Go. You asked for this. You can come visit us anytime, though I wouldn’t care.” Impatient, he snaps at the pathetic Wasted, and the wretched thing flees into the cave.

He calls out after the Wasted, “You’ll soon find that our “death”, as you call it, is simply your “life”, with less lies.”

#original writing #writing #creative writing #thriller #postmodernist #postmodernism #my own work

[seakclauswinkler]

Something I don’t understand #greatworksofart #abstractstructure #finearts #abstrakterexpressionismus #visualart #futurism #sciencefictionart #greatpainting #entstehungsprozess #creativeprocess #letter #typographic #metropolis #postmodernist #biomech #realism #paint #mech #modernartist #contemporarypaintings #artadvisor #SEAK #ClausWinkler #SEAKClausWinkler #greatartwork #sciencefiction #spacejam #spaceship #mecha #artcurator (hier: Randolins St. Moritz) https://www.instagram.com/p/CheeQzJIimV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#greatworksofart #abstractstructure #finearts #abstrakterexpressionismus #visualart #futurism #sciencefictionart #greatpainting #entstehungsprozess #creativeprocess #letter #typographic #metropolis #postmodernist #biomech #realism #paint #mech #modernartist #contemporarypaintings #artadvisor #seak #clauswinkler #seakclauswinkler #greatartwork #sciencefiction #spacejam #spaceship #mecha #artcurator

[yellow-yarrow]

have you perhaps a list of readings you would recommend to understand better disco elysium/sacred and terrible air? i wouldn't know where to start and your posts are interesting so worth trying to ask :)

aw thank you! Well, I feel like I’m not really that well-read, and the order I read philosophy/history/etc is all over the place lol

If I had to recommend some reading, there is this essay about the pale, that I think is essential to understanding Elysium. :

https://ghelgheli.substack.com/p/introductory-entroponetics

as for books, I would say Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher could be a good starting point. And I think it would be worth to read something about these topics:

neoliberalism, capitalism

communism - marxism, history of socialist countries

russian nihilism

christianity - dispensationalism

The devs have said that they were influenced by Hegel, Marx, Slavoj Žižek, Lenin, & they also said they used to be anarchists so I would say reading some anarchist text could be interesting too if you want to really dive into it (idk, Emma Goldmann for example)

You can find a lot of these writings on these websites:

https://www.marxists.org/

https://theanarchistlibrary.org

#I’m going to admit that a lot of my knowledge comes from articles youtube videos and podcasts about marxism. i have not read Capital #it was like. i learned some basic philosophy at uni and then i read whatever i found interesting at the moment #i feel like when reading (political) philosophy it's best to start with something that you think is interesting rather than trying to #go chronologically thought the most important philosophers like you would in school #so like i read mark fisher and because it was interesting then i read about marx's theories and then i looked into hegel more etc #or reading about hegel before actually reading hegel's writings #thats all i have cause im trying to recommend things that are actually linked to de instead of philosophers i personally agree with #(im not a big fan of zizek) #+ anything can be on an elysium reading list if you are obsessed enough lol i was reading postmodernists too for this reason

[ruindunburnit]

Hate to say it, but Disney's Wish is a very important lesson in how referential humour and intertextuality is fine, but not a substitute for a half-baked storyline. It had positives and a vision for what it wanted to do, but it's so clear to me that it would rather sacrifice the story for making those references in honour of Disney's centenary, and that is a damn crying shame.

#Disney #Wish 2023 #Theories and Headcanons #i'm a postmodernist girlie at heart so i KNOW intertextuality #it can't do your heavy narrative lifting

[germanpostwarmodern]

Building of the Workers’ Cooperative “De Volharding” (1927-28) in Den Haag, the Netherlands, by Jan Buijs

#1920s #office building #modernism #postmodernist #architecture #netherlands #architektur #den haag #jan buijs

[knkanzapaint]

'SMASH OR PASS'

Ink and Colored Pencil on Sticky Note, Feb 9, 2023

#surrealism #surrealart #surreal #horror #horrorart #horrorartwork #traditionalart #traditionalartwork #neoexpressionism #neoexpressionist #postmodern #postmodernism #postmodernist #myart

[drdamiang]

IN THEORY

IN THEORY

words

words

words

put horizontally

put vertically

are what he tells the President

he is reading

and what is the difference

between a prince and

a pauper and

a prince and a

president

at the end of the day?

you

Oh let me travel to

the end of my leash, reach

the end

of my tether

sojourn in Paris, lounge

on the left bank

become

eternal student

many a brilliant idea imported

along with appertifs

and expressos

as I chart my way

developing the system

to conquer

limitation, figure out

what is

different

a system so open and

yet subtle

it can pre-

determine every nuance

eveb as it crosses the page idly

as any other text

word word word

text

(nothing we believe ever

outside a text)

#poem #poetry #writing #text #theory #postmodernity #postmodernist #poststructuralism #Hamlet #power #difference #truth to power

[kasiabobula]

#dining room #the cosmic house #cosmic house #architecture #postmodernism #postmodernist

[hometoursandotherstuff]

The Realty description is says that this is a mid-century modern home. It’s not b/c it was built in 1982, which is characterized by postmodernism style architecture that includes asymmetrical shapes. It’s in Sedona, Arizona, has 3bd  4ba & is listed for $1.3M.

Two large double front doors flanked by beautiful stained glass windows that reflect the outdoor scenery.

There’s a door to the living room from the garden. 

I like the contrast of the black beams against the lighter wood. This home looks more contemporary than MCM. 

It has a modern rustic red brick fireplace and some partial dividing walls.

In a small nook off the living room put a small desk. 

A door to the patio from the kitchen. The kitchen is so large that a dining room table can fit in here. 

You can see in the large kitchen how the element of asymmetrical shapes comes into play in the architectural style. 

The main bd ahs a door to the yard. This house has a lot of glass doors. 

The main en-suite.

This is an interesting fireplace- it’s double-sided so you can see it in the bath.

This looks like a guest room that sleeps 4 to 8.

Very big garage that is currently being used as a game room. 

Patio outside the kitchen.

There isn’t a pool, but there’s a hot tub.

The home is on a corner lot in a scenic community.

https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Sedona/110-Sage-Dr-86336/home/116863546

#postmodernist home #postmodernist architecture #houses #house tours #home tour

[mart-singer]

TCX01-23, mixed media on cut canvas, 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches. TCX01-23, technique mixte sur toile coupée, 18 x 15 x 1,3 cm.

#peinture #painting #empreinte #imprint #trace #brownpainting #brushstrokes #brushpainting #outofcanvas #couleurterre #browncolor #postmodernpainting #expressionist #postmodernist #materialpainting