Re: (idm) meta-modern

From Tomas Jirku
Sent Thu, Aug 5th 1999, 23:14

>Modernism started at the turn of the last century, as a reaction to 
>the Victorian/Romantic movement of the 19th Century, which, in turn was
>a reaction to the Enlightenment period of the 18th century, which was a 

-snippity snip, choppity chop-

dude, is this an essay you did in highschool or something? not
everything is a "reaction" to something else. this is especially
relevant to your aforementioned "movements". if you're gonna attempt to
talk about [art] history don't go into generalizations. looking at the
big picture is missing the point entirely. and the point is that there
really isn't a point. (i think that makes sense)

>I think the key to post-post modernism is the rise of digital technology,
>and that most of what is being said about that right now is about as accurate

that's a funny one. how misguided is THAT comment!? 


tomas