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Happy 33rd Birthday Shia Labeouf

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this is shocking

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Shia LaBeouf and Metamodernism

Shia LaBeouf is widely known for his roles in the major blockbusters like transformers and Indiana Jones, as well as for his occasional eccentric behavior. Lesser audience know him as a metamodernist artist and performer frequently collaborating with fellow art-lovers with Luke Turner and Nastja Säde Rönkkö. What exactly metamodernism stands for and what makes Shia into a great voice of millennial contemporary art scene we will find out in the following article. Metamodernism is a young art trend that emerged from the postmodernist era and referrers to the post-postmodernist times. If this explanation seems a bit vast, we can offer some explanation. Basically, metamodernism is a philosophy of the millennials generation who grew up among the postmodern realities; sarcasm, mass culture, appropriation, self-reflection surrounded them since childhood. But researches of metamodernism also point out that it builds a bridge between modernism and postmodernism with the contemporary perspective. It distances itself from deconstruction, cynicism, nihilism and decadent attitudes and moves towards sincerity, romanticism, returning to storytelling traditions and trying to restore strive for meaningfulness taking into account modernist's experience. According to cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker this new art trend "can be conceived of as a kind of informed naivety, a pragmatic idealism", it constantly aspires to creative self-expression and immediate response to various changes and events. It's high time we come back to the main focus of our article - Shiah LaBeouf. So what is so metamodernist about him? The first endeavor of LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner took place back in 2014, when Shia appeared at the red carpet of the Berlin Film Festival wearing the paper bag over his head that said "I am not famous anymore". 

Two days later, a performance #IAMSORRY was held at a Los Angeles gallery during which Labeouf was sitting in his tuxedo and a paper bag in the room with various object and the visitors could approach him in whatever manner they want, reminiscent of the famous Marina Abramovich performance.The objects in the room were all connected with the actor's past performances and habits. In 2015 their next project named #INTRODUCTIONS took place and we are sure you have seen some parts of it. Collaborating with Central Saint Martins Fine Art students, the trio released a video based on student's short scripts with LaBeouf as a narrator. It had been released under a free license, so the public could manipulate and appropriate it freely. "Just do it" part of the video meant as an exaggerated motivational parody went viral and created thousands of memes across the internet.

Another peculiar performance, #ALLMYMOVIES, included Shia LaBeouf watching his own retrospective in reverse order. His facial expressions and reactions were live streamed and the public was invited to join LaBeouf at New York's Angelika Film Center. Honest reactions to ones past mistakes as well as achievements, reinvention of sincerity and self-reflection of a cinematic reflection of oneself - that's the essence of the performance.

#TAKEMEANYWHERE is another project executed by the trio and it is definitely a graceful nod to the beatniks and Jack Kerouac. Artists went on a road trip and would post their GPS coordinates on their website and wait for strangers to pick them up and take anywhere fellow travelers want. This route's coordinates were also live-tracked and displayed at their website. Exploration of the collective mind, trust and technology-based fate are the leitmotivs of this interactive adventure.

With Donald's Trump election as a president of the United States, the whole world turned political with LaBeouf as no exception. The trio launched a protest action/performance that is meant to last for 4 years (till the next elections). Anyone is welcomed to join! HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US consists of a camera setting outside of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, with the words "He Will Not Divide Us" written on the wall that is being filmed. The camera is streaming the spot for 24/7 and everyone can speak up and say the phrase as much as they want to. This is a place of "anti-division" and total acceptance, along with a protest against the Trumps's controversial policies. 

Though the museum decided to close up the project because of the safety concerns, the resonance among the audience was quite wide and people keep creating pieces in order to continue this undertaking. Well, as we are waiting for more creative and interactive projects from LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, it is safe to say that not everything is what it seems. While wide audiences see LaBeouf's behavior as rather erratic one, knowing his artistic ventures, we can see a full picture. It's metamodernist reality - when art does not imitate life, but becomes highly interlaced with the viewers and aims at exploration, seeking sense, making change with all means that contemporary technocratic reality can offer us.  

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[imthehuman]

With every post, a smile, ت

[bran-solo]

Taxi Driver / Shia LeBeouf’s “AllMyMovies” installation.

[evenstevensranked]

I've yet to see Honey Boy (maybe not until it's on Amazon Prime!) but, I have to ask: Did it change your perspective on the Even Stevens show, or have you been able to separate the two?

@dominik528 I’ve seen a lot of people saying that they “can never watch Even Stevens again after watching Honey Boy” or that “Even Stevens will never be the same” and it’s a little upsetting/frustrating. So, I’m answering this publicly because I think it’s important for people to know...

We’ve definitely been able to separate the two, for a few reasons. Shia seems to be at peace with the past today and had an absolute nostalgic blast reacting to The Even Stevens Movie during #AllMyMovies, so if he can get that much joy out of it - I think it’s okay for us to enjoy it as well. He has said that he has “nothing but love” for Even Stevens and that “some of the best memories of his life” are from being on that show. So, it seems like Shia himself has managed to separate the two. 

While it’s terrible that Shia’s life behind the scenes was not great, his time on set was the opposite. We just interviewed show-runners Marc Warren and Dennis Rinsler (the episode will be up in a few days...) and talked about this a little bit. They stated that Even Stevens was probably Shia’s “savior,” if anything, during that time in his life. On the Honey Boy podcast Part 3, Shia also says that he’s never been more “free” and “in his element” on a set than he was on Even Stevens. In this case, I think it’s wonderful that we get to see a “free” and extremely talented young Shia shine on screen like that. He also stays in contact with some of the cast/crew. The fact that an old crew member gifted Shia one of Louis’ old Hawaiian shirts... and he’s since added it to his wardrobe, is also very sweet. 

So, all in all, I personally think it’s pretty easy to separate the two. I can understand how it might be jarring and difficult for some people to do that after watching Honey Boy for the first time though. But at the end of the day, it’s important to remember that Shia holds the show in high regard and that pretty much tells us all we need to know. 

Long story short: It’s definitely okay to watch and enjoy Even Stevens post-Honey Boy. :) 

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guess who’s been watching #allmymovies?

it’s me

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Me when i paid about 9 euros with the 3D glasses and without Pop Corn to see "Assassin's Creed" but it was Muscles quite Fascinating !

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