I really agree with all the opinions written in the blog. They are all very interesting.
I decided to select the Final Cut and War Games trailer. I´ve found that these two videos are intimately connected with Klages’ article on Postmodernism. The Final Cut shows how technology is good knowledge. "The advent of electronic computer technologies has revolutionized the modes of kowledge production, distribution and consumption in our society. Computer technology is the domintant force in al aspects of social life." So dominant that anything that is not digitalizable is not knowledge. And even more dominant in that it can even manipulate people´s lives.
In both videos, there is no clear difference between reality and technology, as most of your comments say. In the Final Cut, everything is recorded and cut. Our lives are manipulated by technology.
In war games Trailer what seems to be a game for some, is realitity for others. And this game for some is "simulacrum": a reality created by simulation, for which there are only copies. In postmodern societies, there are no originals.
All in all, this confusing mixture between reality and fiction makes us think of the vital role technology is playing in our lives.
The idea that art can impose order on chaos in not a postmodern one but a modernist characteristic.
ReplyDeleteYour quotations "Technology can provide universal truths about the world" " "The truth produced by science will always lead toward progress and perfection" refer to Enlightenment views rather than postmodern ones.
Please re-read the article carefully and post again.
Yes Mariel! You´re right! I´ve edited the work! Here it´s!
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