I agree. There are two different terms, and they aren't really related that
much, only that they both took place during the same time period, more or
less. Modernism and Modism. Modernism at the Boiler appears to be the
American Modernism movement starting in the post war 1940s and focusing on
architecture, art, furniture like Paul Frankl, etc...not to be confused with
Modism, which we all know and love...
Jeff
http://www.dominoeffect.com - Modism...
----- Original Message -----
From: chris brudzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:48 PM
Subject: the boiler, classism, and art students
> i've just experienced the snobbery from the boiler site that i've heard
> you all speak about. here's what happened: they just got the new phase
> of the site under way and asked people to check it out and comment via
> their forum section. now for those who haven't been on the site, it's
> divided up into sections - art, graphic design, music, furniture,
> architecture, etc. and each section has content discussing its relevance
> and importance to modernism. i suggested that there needed to be a
> section devoted to fashion. just a simple observation. just my humble
> opinion. i thought it was more important to the mod ethos than something
> like architecture. well the next thing i knew, all these people wrote in
> defending the worth of architecture and basically calling me ignorant to
> the upmost importance of architecture to mods and modernism in general.
> now i suppose there are those out there who agree with them and would
> love nothing more than to spend their time discussing the importance of
> architecture. so before i piss off all the art students, i'd just like
> to say that i've nothing against art students or students in general. i
> think that it's great they have the time and luxury to discuss such
> matters. but when i have spare time or money, i'm not going to spend it
> talking about bloody architecture. call it ignorance, call it a class or
> cultural difference. i don't much care. all i know is that at the end of
> the day, architecture isn't going to effect you as a person or you as a
> mod or your life. and that's a fact.
>
> i'm sorry if i offend anyone with this message. it is intended only as a
> bitching session. i just needed to vent.
>
> -chris
>
>
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