In the press - Notes on Metamodernism

ArtInfo discusses metamodernism with Timotheus Vermeulen

Art, In the press / By Editorial / April 18, 2012 October 21, 2012

Alexander Forbes interviews gallerist Tanja Wagner and cultural philosopher Timotheus Vermeulen: In any moment, it’s nearly impossible to locate or isolate shifts, changes in tendencies, whether social, aesthetic, or otherwise—banal critical statement of the year, certainly. But, for Berlin’s (and the art world’s at large) current state of flux, of non-identity and non-identification, perhaps such …

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The metamodern mindset

Art, In the press / By Editorial / March 24, 2012 October 18, 2012

The Berlin Art Journal discusses the metamodern mindset. Alexander Forbes writes: In any moment, it’s nearly impossible to locate or isolate shifts, changes in tendencies, whether social, aesthetic, or otherwise—banal critical statement of the year, certainly. But, as we’ve probed several times within this very publication and surely as others have as well, for Berlin’s …

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TANK Magazine interviews Timotheus Vermeulen

In the press, Theory / By Editorial / February 23, 2012 February 23, 2012

The renowned arts and culture magazine TANK Magazine has published an interview with Notes on metamodernism co-founder Timotheus Vermeulen. In the interview, Vermeulen discusses the meaning of the term metamodernism, the effects of the geopolitical and financial crises, generational differences and developments in the arts. Timotheus Vermeulen, with fellow cultural theorist Robin van den Akker, introduced …

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Metamodern architecture

Architecture, In the press / By Editorial / December 9, 2011 June 5, 2012

The latest issue of MONU (Magazine ON Urbanism) features a series of essays dealing with the post-ideological condition of contemporary cities. Besides an interview with Wouter Vanstiphout and essays by, amongst others, Thomas Ruff, Brendan M. Lee, Michael Hirschbichler, MONU #15 also includes an new article by NoM founders Robin den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen. …

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#Occupy is a Wikimovement. Not a Facebook-revolution

In the press, Network Culture, Politics / By Robin van den Akker / October 19, 2011 October 18, 2012

This week the Dutch quality newspapers NRC (abridged version) and NRC next (full version, below) published my opinion piece on the #occupy-movement and the occupation of Beursplein in Amsterdam and the (attempted) occupation of the Binnenhof in The Hague. The article argues that #occupy must be seen as an open source-movement – a wikiprotest. This explains …

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Metamodernism goes Norway

In the press, Misc. / By Editorial / September 30, 2011 October 18, 2012

The Norwegian Newspaper Klassekampen featured a two-page article on metamodernism and an interview with our very own Gry Rustad last week. The article discusses cultural practices we have addressed in detail in this webzine – such as the election of Barack Obama, the rise of the Tea Party, the work of Olafur Eliasson, Coco Rosie, …

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