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From the latest Remake/Remodel over at WhiteChapel

"Now then. Pay attention:

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BLAST was the short-lived literary magazine of the Vorticist movement in Britain. It had two editions, the first published on 2 July 1914... the magazine has become famous as emblematic of the first modern art movement in England and is now recognised as one of the seminal texts of 20th-century modernism. The magazine originally cost 2/6.

"Our Cause is NO-MAN'S," they said. James Joyce believed it to be primarily a painter's magazine for which he'd produce poems. He didn't know what they were going to do with typography.

Vorticism... is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age and all things modern.

They also liked shouting, and manifestos.

When Wyndham Lewis returned from the trenches, he hoped to revivify the Vorticist spirit (under the name Group X), planning a third issue of Blast and regaining contact with old allies. But the whole context of pre-war experimentation had been dispersed by the destructive power of mechanized warfare, which persuaded most of the former Vorticists to pursue more representational directions thereafter. By 1920 even Lewis was obliged to admit that the movement was dead. (ME: ALSO, CORE VORTICISTS WERE UNHELPFULLY DEAD)

You are the designer for the long-delayed third issue of BLAST. The above is what you know about it. Approach it in any way you see fit.

You have one week."

Definitely hit that thread up, some very cool shit going on. Also if you don't know what in the Nine-Hells Vorticism is (I sure didn't), be sure to follow the wikicrumbs, quite worth it.

Description
From the latest Remake/Remodel over at WhiteChapel

"Now then. Pay attention:

###

BLAST was the short-lived literary magazine of the Vorticist movement in Britain. It had two editions, the first published on 2 July 1914... the magazine has become famous as emblematic of the first modern art movement in England and is now recognised as one of the seminal texts of 20th-century modernism. The magazine originally cost 2/6.

"Our Cause is NO-MAN'S," they said. James Joyce believed it to be primarily a painter's magazine for which he'd produce poems. He didn't know what they were going to do with typography.

Vorticism... is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age and all things modern.

They also liked shouting, and manifestos.

When Wyndham Lewis returned from the trenches, he hoped to revivify the Vorticist spirit (under the name Group X), planning a third issue of Blast and regaining contact with old allies. But the whole context of pre-war experimentation had been dispersed by the destructive power of mechanized warfare, which persuaded most of the former Vorticists to pursue more representational directions thereafter. By 1920 even Lewis was obliged to admit that the movement was dead. (ME: ALSO, CORE VORTICISTS WERE UNHELPFULLY DEAD)

You are the designer for the long-delayed third issue of BLAST. The above is what you know about it. Approach it in any way you see fit.

You have one week."

Definitely hit that thread up, some very cool shit going on. Also if you don't know what in the Nine-Hells Vorticism is (I sure didn't), be sure to follow the wikicrumbs, quite worth it.