POMO Artist Research- Written

POMO ESSAY 3

Pomo Essay 3 from Hannahmd3

How do post-modern media texts challenge traditional text-reader relations and the concept of representation? In what ways do media audiences and industries operate differently in a post-modern world? 

• have audiences become accustomed to the stimulation and excitement of spectacular films/games and a sense of spectacle has become something that (young?) audiences increasingly demand from cultural experiences?

• has narrative coherence become less important for audiences?

• in terms of ideas, has cultural material become more simplistic and superficial, and audiences are no longer so concerned with the process of understanding a text. Think here about a film like Moulin Rouge where the plot is in some sense irrelevant to the overall impact of the film.

• has the attention span of audiences reduced as they become increasingly accustomed to the spectacle-driven and episodic nature of postmodern texts

• in its ‘waning of affect’, has postmodernism contributed to audiences become emotionally detached from what they see. They are desensitised and unable to respond ‘properly’ to suffering and joy.

• has postmodernism contributed to a feeling among audiences that arts and culture does not really have anything to tell us about our own lives and instead simply provides us with somewhere we can escape or retreat to

Postmodern Music- Research based task:

Generic Analysis:

Generic Analysis: by Hannah Duncan on Scribd

Kramer (2002-16/17)

According to Kramer (Kramer 2002, 16–17), postmodern music:

1. is not simply a repudiation of modernism or its continuation, but has aspects of both a break and an extension
2. is, on some level and in some way, ironic
3. does not respect boundaries between sonorities and procedures of the past and of the present
4. challenges barriers between 'high' and 'low' styles
5. shows disdain for the often unquestioned value of structural unity
6. questions the mutual exclusivity of elitist and populist values
7. avoids totalizing forms (e.g., does not want entire pieces to be tonal or serial or cast in a prescribed formal mold)
8. considers music not as autonomous but as relevant to cultural, social, and political contexts
9. includes quotations of or references to music of many traditions and cultures
10. considers technology not only as a way to preserve and transmit music but also as deeply implicated in the production and essence of music
11. embraces contradictions
12. distrusts binary oppositions
13. includes fragmentations and discontinuities
14. encompasses pluralism and eclecticism
15. presents multiple meanings and multiple temporalities
16. locates meaning and even structure in listeners, more than in scores, performances, or composers.

Death of Uncool Shuffle Mix:

1. Maneater- Nelly Furtado- Dance Pop.

2. Feel Good Inc.- Gorillaz- Alternative Rock.

3. Omigod You Guys- Legally Blonde: The Musical- Musical.

4. 505- Arctic Monkeys- Indie Rock.

5. Black Water Lilies- Aurora- Indie Pop/Electropop.

6. When Did Your Heart Go Missing?- Rooney- Power Pop.

7. Under Your Spell- Desire- Italo Disco.

8. Ghosts- Laura Marling- Folk Rock.

9. Kings Of The New Road- The Courteeners- Indie Rock.

10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out- Oasis- Rock.

11. It Gets Cold- Eliza and the Bear- Indie Pop.

12. Fluorescent Adolescent- Arctic Monkeys- Indie Rock.

13. Cocoon- Milky Chance- Alternative Rock.

14. Fever To The Form- Nick Mulvey- Folk.

15. Alexander Hamilton- Hamilton: The Musical- Musical.

16. One Dance- Drake- R&B/Hip Hop.

17. Kathleen- Catfish and the Bottlemen- Indie Rock.

18. Shot Reverse Shot- Jack Johnson- Surf Rock.

19. With You- Ghost: The Musical- Musical.

20. Ghost- Katy Perry- Pop.