Post by mamasaurus on Jan 26, 2013 18:59:07 GMT -5
It is a bit hipstery. I liked it before it was cool, anyhow.
Basically, it combines Victorian technology (hence the steam) and aesthetics with contemporary subculture values (such as cyberpunk). If you see a computer that looks steam powered or an ipad that appears to run with watch gears, you are looking at steampunk.
Etsy and Pinterest are full of shitty examples. It can be very stunning and clever when done well. When it is not, it looks like some chump was trying to spend the remainder of a gift card from the hardware store.
Post by LeggsBenedict on Jan 26, 2013 19:31:48 GMT -5
I had to curate an exhibition once with a group and one of the group's members FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE OMG LETS DO STEAM PUNK ART but he didn't know what steampunk was. Somehow he convinced half of his group to go with it and he ruined their whole presentation because he put up pictures of smoke and 9/11 and called it steam. And also pictures of the ramones.
And that's the story of how my first group curated exhibition proposal won by default.
I had to curate an exhibition once with a group and one of the group's members FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE OMG LETS DO STEAM PUNK ART but he didn't know what steampunk was. Somehow he convinced half of his group to go with it and he ruined their whole presentation because he put up pictures of smoke and 9/11 and called it steam. And also pictures of the ramones.
And that's the story of how my first group curated exhibition proposal won by default.
I didn't know you are a curator! You just keep getting more awesome (and I keep getting more jealous).
I had to curate an exhibition once with a group and one of the group's members FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE OMG LETS DO STEAM PUNK ART but he didn't know what steampunk was. Somehow he convinced half of his group to go with it and he ruined their whole presentation because he put up pictures of smoke and 9/11 and called it steam. And also pictures of the ramones.
And that's the story of how my first group curated exhibition proposal won by default.
I didn't know you are a curator! You just keep getting more awesome (and I keep getting more jealous).
I'm not. My degree is in museum studies from a very art centered program, and eventually I want to get into exhibition design.
Post by janiejones on Jan 26, 2013 20:45:32 GMT -5
wasn't there an episode of gilmore girls where Rory and the guy that's on the good wife went to an underground steampunk party- and jumped off some scaffolding???
A girl on my fb had a steampunk wedding. It was a cool idea, but in the pictures everyone looks like they are wearing 1900's underclothes with small top hats.
I know this is English, but I don't understand this sentence. What is Fringe?
#old
It's that show on Fox by the guy who created a shitstorm by writing a haircut into Felicity, and it stars Pacey Witter, the chick who did the voiceover in Heavenly Sword and that fake-king who ate tomatoes really gross from Lord of the Rings.
I never watched Felicity. I don't know who Pacey Witter is. I don't know what Heavenly Sword is. I didn't see Lord of the Rings.
#oldANDlame
Thanks for playing. You won these lovely egg cups.