Postmodernism is rife with irony. The concept of postmodernism cements the modern, placing it in the past and making the ‘postmodern-era’ the equivalent of our present. The ability for the ‘modern’ to become out dated presents the potential for the arrival of the ever more confusing ‘post-postmodern’, if technology or further modernisation would allow for it. And technological advances seem to be at the heart of postmodernism. But what exactly is it? The more I encounter postmodernism, the less I seem to understand about it. It is what I like to dub a ‘non-concept’.

Our modern world is saturated with new media technology that supplies instant gratification from a new digital culture. In this current multi-dimensional age of representations we learn to intertexualise. Most modern lives revolve around technology and postmodernism reflects this. Postmodernism appreciates irony, bombards us with intertextuality and isn’t afraid to question the expected. Like ‘Inception’, postmodernism deals with the blurred lines between reality and fiction. To define something as postmodern is simple. To define ‘postmodern’ is infinitely harder.

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