The colonist deemed to displace the existing structure of subjugated land as a disruption signifier between the old way and the new way. 'Modern' is a politicized term embedded with the notion of new, especially within colonization, 7 it is also the Avant-garde's propaganda of Originality. Such imposition, in the context of colonization, operates similarly with the case presented by Kraus. 6 The new lines of colonization are drawn by imposing another world view or system of knowledge-an epistemic imposition. Therefore, according to Scott, instead of practical intervention, the exercised imposition is an ideological one. Yet, they have a strong belief that both are the only way to be progressive and modern. They might not have good literacy and familiarity with science and/or technology. This society embraces technology and science as their world view and way of life. 5 Nevertheless, instead of artists, the proponent of this agency is a society of which Scott called 'the high-modernist society'. Scott in Seeing Like a State 4 argues that such utilitarian logic works hand in hand with labour productivity in colonization. 3 The Grid is one of the most effective and common instruments for drawing a new structure, to conceive an 'an originality.' James C. Its presence destroys hierarchy and centre. The grid operates in silence, and yet, is hostile to any narrative. The prominent instrument that emerges from such operation is the grid. To conduct their mission, the avant-garde artist conceives this notion of originality from a ground of repetition and recurrence. 2 'Only he is alive who rejects his convictions of yesterday.' pronounced Kazimir Malevich, the Russian avant-garde artist and theorist. The disruption is not only a revolt against tradition and an absolute dissolution from the past but a literal origin, a beginning from ground zero. In The Originality of the Avant-Garde, 1 Krauss argues that the movement disrupts traditional art by imposing the existing structure with a new structure of reality. Krauss, the notion of the new in the art field is epitomized by the Avant-Garde Movement.
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