1 The 20 th Century “I’d hate to have to explain the 20 th century to anyone” Jack Woodbury ca 1973

2 Military Technology Mustard Gas, Napalm GPS tracking Nuclear Power: the A-bomb Radio / TV / Computers Nazi death camps and other “ethnic cleansings (Bosnia, Rawanda)

3 The 20th Century The great depression Rock & Roll Jazz The “rights” movements (civil, women, gay, youth) Resurrection of the Olympics

4 The 20th Century The automobile Machines that make machines Cyborgs Space travel (moon landing) Terrorism … Jonestown … Wako Globalization & Starvation

5 The 20th Century Open heart surgery Vaccinations Birth Control Aids/HIV Organ transplants Facial transplants

6 The 20th Century Genetic manipulation Cloning DNA mapping Movies Digital reproduction VRML

7 The 20th Century The “invention” of youth The invention of psychology / sociology Oil dependency Internet / cell phone Green Peace

8 Reactions

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10 The 20th Century Not new: Violence * War Technology * Change Very New: scale * magnitude profundity Dissonant juxtapositions ** Incongruence of dissimilar similarities **

11 Responses Apocalyptic vision Apocalyptic vision Sincerity & authenticity

12 Responses Violence / anger / angst Violence / anger / angstFragmentation

13 Responses Breakdown of form Breakdown of language Breakdown of law and order Breakdown of congruence

14 T.S Eliot: The Waste Land What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water. Only And the dry stone no sound of water. Only There is shadow under this red rock, There is shadow under this red rock, (Come in under the shadow of this red rock), (Come in under the shadow of this red rock), And I will show you something different from either And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

15 Alan Ginsberg: Howl I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night, who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz …

16 Joan Baez: Oh, Brother! Your lady gets her power From the goddess and the stars You get yours from the trees and the brooks And a little from life on Mars And I've known you for a good long while And would you kindly tell me, mister How in the name of the Father and the Son Did I come to be your sister?

17 Bob Dylan: The Times They are a-Changin’ Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'.

18 Two Questions Where is meaning? What if there is no meaning?

19 Boom Boom Bye Bye