Beyond Modernities:Theories, Legacies, Subversions - SAHT1102

This course focuses on art, design and media practices, their theories and histories, post WW2. Set variously against themes such as post-colonialism; consumerism; class, gender and racial politics; and an increasingly globalised world in which new technologies and questions of sustainability (seem to) direct our futures, Beyond Modernites explores and critiques the legacies and subversions of Modernity as they manifest themselves in Post Modernity and its offshoots. Topics explored include the questioning of the boundaries between ‘high’ art and ‘popular culture’; between art, design and media; the importance of 'embodiment' in cultural practice; identity politics; and the re-imagining of the roles of artist, designer and media-maker.