Post Modernism – a questioning of the ideas and values associated with a form of modernism that believes in progress and innovation.
Definitions of Key terms
- Pastiche – is a work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist
- Parody – is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony
- Bricolage – Bricolage is a French word which refers to the skill of using whatever is at hand and recombining all that to create something new – e.g taking parts from an old car to use and create a new car
- Intertextuality
- Referential – Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
- Surface and style over substance and content
- Metanarrative
- Hyperreality – the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality e.g Disney Land
- Simulation – a model that mimics the operation of an existing or proposed system, providing evidence for decision-making by being able to test different scenarios or process changes.
- Consumerist Society – a society in which people often buy new goods, especially goods that they do not need, and in which a high value is placed on owning many things.
- Fragmentary Identities – is an multidisciplinary collaboration, involving visual communication, performative arts and fashion. It is an exploration of the fragmentation and reconstruction of identity in the modern age, and its effects on the relationships between individuals.
- Alienation – the feeling that you have no connection with the people around you or that you are not part of a group
- Implosion
- Cultural appropriation
- Reflexivity
I think ‘The Love Box in Your Living Room’ is best described as a parody due to the constant informal jokes.
- They called Ronald Atkins – Ronald McDonald
- Every clip used has some sort of humour towards the audience involved