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To me Steampunk was an artistic movement and as such it is not dead. Sure there where some pretty cool things that actually worked well that came out of it, but
by kls 7y ago
To me Steampunk was an artistic movement and as such it is not dead. Sure there where some pretty cool things that actually worked well that came out of it, but it always seemed like that was the secondary purpose to the art.
I believe some people got so wound up in it that they basically became steampunk LARP'ers, but for the most part it was an art period and one that really for some reason catches my fancy. Maybe it's art for tinkerers or something like that, but as a child I really liked the wounder of 1000 Leagues and novels like that, and some steampunk pieces evoke that youthful wonderlust in me.
It's an art form that encompasses a lot of skills that I personally enjoy doing as a hobby. e.g Welding, Metal Crafting, Pneumatic, Hydraulics, Mechanics. Funny enough even though there was a time that I pursued artistic endeavors and was a pretty avid sketch artist and fairly good CG 3D artist. I have never endeavored to design a steampunk piece. Just too busy for art now days.
The question is, who will arise as the Picasso or Dali of the Stempunk period? I would love to know their name and pick up a few pieces now.
- sp332 7y agoIf it's not dead, what's some recent steampunk art you've seen?
- l_t 7y agoSeems a bit narrowminded to assume it's dead because you haven't personally seen any art in a while. Steampunk is alive, but more niche. See https://www.brassscrew.org/ https://www.brassscrew.org/ for instance.
- sp332 7y agoTo claim that it's not dead, one should have some evidence that it's alive.
- kls 7y agoIf we are playing a game of semantics, it could not be dead it was never alive to be alive one has to meet the definition of living and a artistic period certainly would not fit said criteria. That being said, I would assume dead was a reference to out of fashion and sure it is out of fashion, but there are still people that enjoy it as an art. 70's Disco is out of fashion but there are still people making 70's disco music. So it is indeed not dead, it is just not popular.
- davnicwil 7y agoA bit off on a tangent, but I love the 90s design aesthetic of this website. Is it purposeful or somehow linked to steampunk? I can actually see old school web design becoming an art movement in its own right at some point in the future. Imagining what current and future tech companies would look like built on 90s style web technology is pretty fun.
- icebraining 7y agoI'd say that's 2000s style, not 90s. Still often handwritten, but that kind of hero images only appeared when connection became faster, for example.
- reificator 7y ago> A bit off on a tangent, but I love the 90s design aesthetic of this website. I think you and I experienced different 90s design aesthetics if a bootstrap looking site with a big hero image at the top evokes the 90s for you.
- davnicwil 7y agoAh, you're right - actually I just realised I clicked through to some of the links which have a completely different design - 2015 link for instance. Main site isn't 90s at all. Actually the design aesthetic I'm talking about might be more early 00s anyway as in the sibling comment.
- reificator 7y agoAh, I see what you mean. Yeah that link is maybe late 90s, but early 2000s is probably closer. I hadn't clicked through to that year to see.
- kls 7y agoArt on Duval in Key West has 2 really nice pieces, I don't remember the artist name, I am trying to look them up, one is a computer desk and the other is a bar, the bar is all wood gog and gear driven, and it looks like a steampunk contraption, when you open it up all the functional gears move the pieces to reassemble it into a functional mini bar. It's a beautiful piece. I am trying to find pictures and info.
- gameswithgo 7y agothe movie Mortal Engines (2018) felt pretty steam punk to me.
- SteveGerencser 7y agoAbney Park is in the process of releasing their latest steampunk inspired music CD. (And on cassette tape). Steampunk was never 'huge', but there are still plenty of people heavily involved in all things steampunk.
- standardUser 7y agoSteampunk is still a huge inspiration in gaming. Frostpunk and They Are Billions are two recent ones I've enjoyed with heavy steampunk influence.
- saryant 7y agoSteampunk HQ in Oamaru, New Zealand.
- the8472 7y agoanime: Kabaneri, Princess Principal games: Frostpunk
- jpindar 7y agoSteampunk is huge in virtual worlds.
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoSteampunk is just an aesthetic, in my opinion. There's no real ethos behind it (that I'm aware of) to make it an "artistic movement".
- coldtea 7y agoAfter the surrealists, most artistic movements didn't have any real ethos either, it was all just aesthetics...