{"id":2563,"date":"2016-08-24T03:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T03:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2018-10-03T22:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:40:04","slug":"robert-stark-rabbit-alex-von-goldstein-discuss-retro-futurism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2563","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark, Rabbit, & Alex von Goldstein discuss Retro Futurism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The concept of Retro Futurism as how the past envisioned the future
\nHow in the 20th Century society was undergoing rapid change and technological progress
\nHow people today are either pessimistic about the future, or view the present as the future(The Current Year)
\nWhether Retro Futurism is pure fantasy, an alternative universe,\u00a0or a blueprint for the future
\nThe Future portrayed in film from utopia\u00a0to dystopia
\nThe 1927 film\u00a0Metropolis<\/a>, which was the first major future film, and inspired by Italian Futurism
\nHow Art Deco was the first major futurist movement in Architecture, and perfectly combines Futurism and Tradition
\nHow\u00a0Neon<\/a>\u00a0Lighting has symbolized the future from the Art Deco era to the 80’s Cyberbunk aesthetic<\/span>
\nThe\u00a0Synthwave<\/a>\/New Retro Wave Genre in music that emerged in the mid 2000’s, inspired by \u00a080’s New Wave(ex. FM Attack, Robots with Rayguns,\u00a0Electric Youth<\/a>,\u00a0College<\/a>,\u00a0Kavinsky<\/a>)<\/span>
\nHow 80’s music was much more future oriented than today’s music
\nGreg Johnson reviews New Order’s Music\u00a0<\/a>
\nThe\u00a0Euro-centric and deconstructionist elements to Electronic Music
\nRabbit’s involvement in the early 90’s rave scene, and how it started out as futuristic\u00a0but fizzled out into trashy pop culture
\nThe revival of the 60’s Brit pop sound in the 90’s
\nHow culture has become stagnant and people are looking to the past for inspiration
\nVaporwave<\/a>, which is an aesthetic that emerged online, inspired by 80’s and early 90’s illustrations, video games, and elevator music
\nThe\u00a0Vaporwave<\/a>\u00a0Documentary
\nDonald Trump as an 80’s Retro-Futurist Vaporwave Icon
\nCyberpunk<\/a>, how it was inspired by 80’s Films such as\u00a0Blade Runner<\/a>, as well as Science Fiction writer Issac Asimov, it’s popularity with the Dark Enlightenment and Silicon Valley Techno-libertarians.
\nSteampunk<\/a>, which a\u00a0Futurist movement inspired by Victorian Aesthetics, Old Train Stations, and Science Fiction writers\u00a0such as HG Wells and Jules Verne
\nIslamic Retro Futurism
\nThe Mid Century Space age aesthetic
\nSoviet Retro Futurism
\nLas Vegas, the Retro-Futurist theme to the city, and hypothetical casino designs(Steampunk, Art Deco, Midcentury Space Age, Cyberpunk, Vaporwave)
\nArchitect\u00a0John C. Portman Jr.<\/a>\u00a0who built futuristic hotels with massive atrium in the 70’s and 80’s
\nThe 80’s mall aesthetic, and how 80’s malls were a lot more futuristic and innovative than the ones being built today
\nAlex’s point that there is a transcendent element to the mall experience
\nHow Retro-Futurism provides inspiration for architecture and urbanism
\nHow Retro-Futurism offer a Third Alternative to the past and present course
\nHow right wing publications tend to be mostly political, while left wing ones will focus on culture and insert politics
\nWhether Retro-Futurism is an aesthetic for a New Political Movement(ex.Radical Centrism)<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Retro-Futurism.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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