This presenation was used to introduce staff and students to the Postmodern movement at St Stithians College, Randburg. Authors Andrew Moore and Piers Cruickshanks

3. Postmodernism ?

4. A Knights Tale: Movie Fat b oy Slim: Music Peter Blake: Art Venturi: Las Vegas Madonna: Philosophy Matrix: Philospohy Robbie Williams and Mona Lisa: ? Intent

5. er … so what is …

9. 1945-52 Unite de Habitation – Marseille Le Corbusier ‘ MACINE FOR LIVING’

10. 1954-8 Seagram Building – New York Mies van der Rohe / Johnson

12. Exposed Metal & Glass – No Plaster No Outward Decoration – Less is More Repetition of Mass Produced Units Office space expensive in CBD hence tall structure – Form follows function

14. PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING- PORTLAND Modern Technology but … Decorations & Colour Retrospective References - Art Deco - Egyptian GRAVES

15. Retrospective Historicist … but skewed proportions Romanesque Arches Greek Columns VENTURI

16. AT & T BUILDING New York Chippendale Cabinet Grand Father Clock JOHNSON

17. Vernacular Familiarity Common Vocabulary Window that is not a window! Window that is a window ‘ Double Coded’

18. Vernacular Disney World is nearer to what people want than what Architects have ever given them. Disney Land is the symbolic American Utopia - Robert Venturi Familiarity Common Vocabulary

19. FEDSURE OFFICE CLUSTER Cape Town Rolls Royce Engine Grill?

20. RCI OFFICES Belville Classical Architectural Style Acropolis Ruins - Greek Holidays Modern Glass Facade

21. Irony ‘ Loss of innocence’ ‘ Intelligent audience’ Umberto Eco

23. U2 Song Writers Musicians ‘ Play their own music’ Play within a recognizable ‘Rock?’ style

24. Music

26. Pluralist Mixture of styles Eclectic

28. Marriage of high & pop culture Progressive & retrospective High & Pop - Lyrically - Barcelona

31. Mixture of styles - Musically - Bittersweet Symphony Mixtures - Historically – Because You Can Sampling - Process –Sound Bytes

43. Art

44. Roy Lichtenstein Pablo Picasso

48. Peter Blake

53. Simulacra? Copies of real objects ’ Death of the Real!’

54. Modonna

66. Simulacra ‘ Mediated reality’ Cyberspace - Cyberia - Cyber war - Cyber Sex Hyper Reality

68. Hyper Reality A window that is not a window A song that is really a sound byte A Madonna that’s no virgin Brands that are more powerful than product

70. Monism- -Pluralism

71. Elitist- -Populist

72. Purposeful- -Playful

73. Progressive- -Retro

74. Serious- -Ironic

75. Simplicity- -Elaboration

76. Newtonian- -Chaos

78. Robbie & Mona?

79. The beginning …..