Super!Geek, 1/29, Post-Class

I have to admit that I was originally weary about the value of studying post-modern architecture. I just did not understand why it was important. After reading the Jenks article, I definitely gained a greater appreciation for the topic, but I still didn't really understand why it was relevant to the course. But after the tour through downtown Orlando, I am thoroughly sold. It was really interesting, because from the moment we stepped downtown, I found myself trying to anticipate which buildings would be considered post-modern. Quite a bit of the architecture downtown qualified, but one of the most interesting to observe were the medical buildings around the Florida Hospital. There were numerous instances of double-coding, and the hospital itself could qualify as multivalent at parts. Beyond just the hospital district, Orlando itself seems to be composed of much post-modern architecture, which made me wonder if the city itself qualified as urbane urbanism? The city, in its current state is fairly young, which is what brought me to that question.

At the conclusion of our architecture tour, Dr. Rog informed us that we will be using the knowledge gained this past week to apply to post-modern media, which is definitely something that intrigues me. How we can apply something like radical ecclecticism to post-modern media truly seems interesting (I mean could experimental film be considered a representation of this maybe). I am potentially getting ahead of myself, but there is something exciting about post-modern theory because I just do not get it. It is like some puzzle I am trying to solve, or a proof that I know is way beyond me, but the attempt is what makes it great.