A cultural history of the avant-garde in the Nordic countries since 1975

Abstract

"The Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975 is the final volume of the four-volume series of cultural histories of the avant-garde movements in the Nordic countries. This volume carries the avant-garde discussion forward to present-day avant-gardes, challenged by the globalisation of the entertainment industries and new interactive media such as the internet. The avant-garde can now be considered a tradition that has been made more widely available through the opening of archives, electronic documentation and new research, which has spurred both re-enactments, revisions and continuations of historical avant-garde practices, while new cultural contexts, political, technological and ecological conditions have called for new strategies"--

Contents

Paradigmatic cases -- The promises of technology -- The performative turn -- Intervention and institutional critique -- Venues -- Subcultures -- Postmodernism and re-enactments -- The end of the avant-garde?