The List
A compilation of my own as well as others’ recommendations, this list puts forward a number of works and artists that could be considered metamodern. This is - of course - not a comprehensive list. There are many others out there that could be said to reflect a metamodern sensibility. However, I believe this list does provide a good starting point for anyone interested in experiencing/learning more about metamodernism.
Enjoy.
Film
Melancholia (2011)
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Her (2013)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
Everything Everywhere, All at Once (2022)
Bullet Train (2022)
Television
Community (2009 - 2015)
Black Mirror (2011 - Present)
Rick and Morty (2013 - Present)
Bo Jack Horseman (2014 - 2020)
Fleabag (2016 - 2019)
Atlanta (2016 - 2022)
Arcane (2021 - 2024)
1670 (2023 - Present)
Secret Level (2024)
Advertising
Determined to be Different (2010)
Space Monkey (2010)
The Way Forward (2013)
Two Futures (2013)
A Love Song (2017)
A New World Needs New Ways Forward (2017)
A Christmas Carol: A Scotland yet to Come (2019)
Change Must Come (2020)
Poetry & Literature
House of Leaves (2000)
Life of Pi (2001)
The Corrections (2001)
I Am a Magneta Stick (2012)
How to be Both (2014)
M (2017)
A Particular Black Man (2019)
Piranesi (2020)
Either/Or (2022)
Art & Performance
Dan Attoe
Charles Avery
Armin Boehm
David Thorpe
Jacques Herzog
Pierra de Meuron
Olafur Eliasson
Ragnar Kjartansson
Bas Jan Ader
Darren Almond,
Gregory Crewdson
Selja Kameric
Justine Kurland
Catherine Opie
Glen Rubsamen
Music
Elliot Smith
The Ben Folds Five
Death Cab for Cutie
Sufjan Stevens
Billy Eilish
Childish Gamino
Jenny Lewis / Rilo Kiley
Bright Eyes / Conor Oberst
Flaming Lips
Brockhampton
Tyler the Creator
Chance the Rapper
Mac Miller
The National
Coco Rosie
Theory & Criticism
Notes on Metamodernism - Timotheus Vermeulen & Robin van den Akker (2010)
Supplanting the Postmodern: An Anthology of Writings on the Arts and Culture of the Early 20st Century - eds. David Rubrum & Nicholas Stavris (2015)
Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect and Depth After Postmodernism - eds. Robin van den Akker, Alison Gibbsons, & Timotheus Vermeulen (2017)
Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complext World - Lene Rachel Andersen (2019)
Metamodernity: Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds - eds. Jonathan Rowson & Layman Pascal (2021)
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence - A. Severan (2021)
Metamodernism: The Future of Theory - Jason Ananda Josephson Storm (2021)
Say Hello to Metamodernism - Greg Dember (2024)
Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre: A Politics of Hope/lessness - Tom Drayton (2024)