in a similar fashion to this movie, what artists do you think will appear, either as representative of contemporary cultures or as pioneers? I can think of Darren Aronofsky, Chris Nolan, and Julian Casablancas.
shareWhy so many Christopher Nolan people? Sure he makes cool mainstream movies but not much of artistic value...
Well, with the media and everyone doing something sensational here and there it is difficult to say. There is no more current hub and the place to be unless we are all missing it while the true artists have gone to the places where the intellectuals and artists are working together. Maybe it's still Paris, maybe NYC, Berlin?(kind of the new NYC still being cheap and all...) but places come and go, people come and go.
I think we live in an era with way too much information overload, too many distractions that we don't know who to give the attention to anymore. We will need to see what leaves a huge impact but for now people will only like pop culture rather than the intellectual part of society. Mozart did all classes well creating complex music both for the intellectuals and people who just want some entertainment.
I'm sure there will be people who would want to visit Steve Jobs and Gates but we are still looking for artists not the techno innovators.
I would say Woody Allen but it's too difficult with music and visual art since the video era has taken away our ears and eyes for non moving, non flashy stuff.
Alot of my favorite cultural figures seem to be coming out of England right now. Of course it sounds depressing when you focus on the Justin Beiber's and Taylor Swift's but right now can be a Golden Age if you look past the mainstream. Just off the top of my head:
Artists-Damien Hurst, Rachel Feinstein and her husband John Currin, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Coons, Takashi Murakami
People in fashion- Alexander McQueen for his tragic suicide and influential designs. Model-groupies like Agyness Deyn and Kate Moss. Marc Jacobs for his celebrity circle and for starting grunge and hipster style.
Musicians- tragic figures like Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse. The OP had a point about Julian Casablancas. The Strokes have launched other musicians like Regina Spektor and the Libertines and started a revival for that type of music.
Intellectuals/writers- Susan Sontag? Stephen Fry, Tony Kushner, David Sedaris, J.K Rowling?
Directors- Tarantino, Cohen Brothers, Sofia Coppola
Like it or not hipster is the most prevalent subculture/fad to come out of the late 2000s. I predict people in 2090 will be looking back fondly on those who were somehow involved.
Hey! I'm from the 2090's (or 90's to us) and I think the teens (2010-2019) were the golden age and that is why I've gone back in time.
I think it was such a better time (the time you are living in now) rather than in the 2090. You are so free, no big brother looking at you 26/8, no global warming, No Spiky Spears (Brittany's great grand daughter). You guys have got it made in the shade (and you still have shade).
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A more interesting question to ponder is whether our era would be idealized and glorified by future generations. I know the moral of the movie is that everyone feels as though a time before their's was better, but the people alive during your ideal time felt the same. I'm just not sure that people from the 2090s would feel the same about the 2010s. It's just really hard to imagine.
I think our era will get skipped over by future generations when they look back. For example, I think most people alive today would say the 1920s were an interesting time and there was an exciting culture, great artists, great music, great fashion, great architecture etc. But then the 1930s and 1940s and overshadowed by global depression and global war. I can't imagine too many people saying they'd love to go back to the 1930s.
We tend to skip forward to the 1950s when rock 'n' roll was born, a new culture was created, television was born, space exploration began, etc. I think this era will be remembered for wars, recessions and people will skip forward to perhaps the 2020s for some idealized time before their's that they'd love to travel back to. No one's going to dream of being alive in 2012 I can't imagine.
To follow up on my original post, The Strokes are an amazing band and may have the strongest grasp on the bittersweet dissatisfaction that many feel in this generation. I take nothing back.
shareCasablancas.
Pioneer.
Wut.
Who busts the Crimebusters?
I'm amused by the irony. Those who are having a hard time coming up with anyone of significance, especially those expressing disappointment over the fact, are illustrating the overarching theme of this film.
Having said that, I believe that in 2090, there will be creative geniuses from this era, and I think it's impossible to recognize who those will be at this time.
I am a force of nature, boy. I am Magneto.
2090?? Earth won't have any humans on it in 2090, wait until 4500 when the radioactive decay is gone
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probably james cameron for making the currently best VISUALLY film and probably the most important for creating 3D theater which is the next generation.
will go to steve jobs him being the one responsible for the smart phone era.
im guessing he will look for bill gates but the 80s are much better for that.
what i am saying is thats the 2000s are not the times of the artists but of the technology. sorry to tell you this but art is dead.
P.S. christopher nolan is far from being an artist, he is just a director known for his comic book and science fiction movies (and i think have is very overrated).
and musical artists are not in the mainstream. anyone who plays instrument can tell you those "artists" are just playing song with 4 popular chords repeated.
want to listen to true music art ? go to the back of the music store where the CDs that no one buys, you will be amazed but is the music you find there from unknown artists.
CandyRat is a label for those artists(mostly solo guitarists)