BLAST
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The following is a theoretical study of ''BLAST'' magazine conducted through digital means and techniques. | The following is a theoretical study of ''BLAST'' magazine conducted through digital means and techniques. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | ''BLAST'' was a literary magazine | + | ''BLAST'' was a literary magazine that birthed an artistic and social movement called Vorticism. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Lewis Wyndham Lewis] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Ezra Pound], the founders of the Vorticist movement, were also effectively the chief authors of the two-issue magazine. ''BLAST'' contained, among other piece of literature, an aggressive manifesto by Lewis "blasting" conventional British art and culture and proclaiming the Vorticist aesthetic: ‘The New Vortex plunges to the heart of the Present – we produce a New Living Abstraction’. Incidentally, World War I broke out roughly one month after the publication of the first issue. The cultural and political tensions that fueled Vorticism were now at a dangerous climax...how would this affect the heart of the Vorticist movement? |
In our exploration of ''BLAST'', we aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I impacted the second issue of the magazine. We chose to examine both the rhetorical and visual aspects of the content. | In our exploration of ''BLAST'', we aimed to understand how the outbreak of World War I impacted the second issue of the magazine. We chose to examine both the rhetorical and visual aspects of the content. | ||
