Twenty Faux-Teen: the Phantom Decade and Post-Enthusiasm Politics

I’m coming to the conclusion that the 2010s did not actually exist. The time passed, certainly. People were born and died. But, from a cultural perspective, I think it’s a dead end that doesn’t lead anywhere in particular.

Commentary, Written by: Cameron, PoliticalCameron SummersAugust 24, 2022Jean Baudrillard, Grafton Tanner, Phantom Time, Political Economy, Post-Enthusiasm Politics, Prestige Media, PoliticsComment

Prestige Media and Popular Modernism

But the painting was only the prestige medium for a certain period of time, and it has been superseded by other media, just as it, in turn, replaced other media. We can think of the pre-modern period as the age of sculpture or theater. We can think of the later modern period as being dominated by the novel and film. The postmodern period is dominated, largely by television.

Commentary, Written by: CameronCameron SummersFebruary 12, 2020Popular Modernism, Prestige Media, television, memes, Shelley Duvall, The Shining, Breaking Bad, John Berger, Battleship, Itch.ioComment