Critical Vices: The Myths of Postmodern Theory (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture)

Imprint. In these essays, Nicholas Zurbrugg charts the developments in late 20th-century multimedia art. He challenges accounts of postmodern techno-culture, and interweaves literary and cultural theory and visual studies to demonstrate the neutering of mass-media culture and the exceptions to it. Warren Burt is Melbourne-based. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 contents......Page 7 introduction to the series......Page 9 acknowledgments......Page 11 0 one or two final thoughts (a retrospective preface)......Page 12 1 marinetti, boccioni and electroacoustic poetry futurism and after......Page 20 2 the limits of intertextuality barthes, burroughs, gysin, culler......Page 36 3 postmodernity, métaphore manquée, and the myth of the trans-avant-garde......Page 60 4 baudrillard’s amérique and the “abyss of modernity”......Page 82 5 jameson’s complaint video art and the intertextual “time-wall”......Page 102 6 postmodernism and the multimedia sensibility heiner müller’s hamletmachine and the art of robert wilson......Page 120 7 baudrillard, modernism, and postmodernism......Page 134 8 “apocalyptic”? “negative”? “pessimistic”? baudrillard, virilio, and technoculture......Page 158 9 baudrillard, giorno, viola and the technologies of radical illusion......Page 176 I......Page 186 II......Page 198 III......Page 203 IV......Page 208 V......Page 212 notes......Page 216 sources......Page 246 index......Page 248

this Book Of Nicholas Zurbrugg's Challenging And Provocative Essays Charts The Most Exciting Developments In Late 20th-century Multimedia Art.
zurbrugg Challenges Jean Baudrillard's, Fredric Jameson's, And Achille Bonito-oliva's Unfavorable Accounts Of Postmodern Techno-culture. Interweaving Literary And Cultural Theory, And Visual Studies, Zurbrugg Demonstrates How Multimedia Visionaries Such As Bill Viola And Robert Wilson Are Notable Exceptions To The Neutering Of Mass-media Culture, Bringing Together The Modernist And Postmodern Avant-garde.

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zurbrugg Is An Informed And Intelligent Critic; He Is As Knowledgeable About The Theorists He Criticizes As He Is About The Artists And Poets He Chooses To Celebrate, And He Brings Considerable Intellectual Flair To His Arguments.

This book of Nicholas Zurbrugg's challenging and provocative essays charts the most exciting developments in late 20th-century multimedia art.
Zurbrugg challenges Jean Baudrillard's, Fredric Jameson's, and Achille Bonito-Oliva's unfavorable accounts of postmodern techno-culture. Interweaving literary and cultural theory, and visual studies, Zurbrugg demonstrates how multimedia visionaries such as Bill Viola and Robert Wilson are notable exceptions to the neutering of mass-media culture, bringing together the modernist and postmodern avant-garde. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TASKS FOR the comparatist is the definition and categorization of successive phases in the art of the contemporary avantgarde. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company