Altermodern

Altermodern

Altermodern is a term that describes art made in today's global context which is a reaction against standardisation and commercialism. It is defined by Nicolas Bourriaud in the title of the Tate Modern's fourth Triennial exhibition.

A series of four one-day events, or Prologues, introduce and provoke debate around the Triennial’s themes. Each Prologue comprises lectures, performances, film and a manifesto text and attempts to define the four main facets of Altermodern: the end of postmodernism; cultural hybridization; traveling as a new way to produce forms; and the expanding formats of art.

In his keynote " [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aaanz05/abstracts/nicolas_bourriaud Modern, Postmodern, Altermodern?] " Nicolas Bourriaud describes:

"Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values of cultural groups and to connect them to the world network. This “reloading process” of modernism according to the 21st century issues could be called altermodernism, a movement connected to the creolisation of cultures and the fight for autonomy, but also the possibility of producing singularities in a more and more standardized world."

Prologue 3: Travel, and Prologue 4: Borders happening in October 2008 and January 2009.

External links

* [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aaanz05/abstracts/nicolas_bourriaud Modern, Postmodern, Altermodern?]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/musicperform/tatetriennial2009prologue1altermodern.htm Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 1: Altermodern]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/talks/tatetriennial2009prologue2.htm Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 2: Exiles]


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