/r/RetroFuturism
This subreddit focuses on the futurist visions of eras past. However posts may also contain contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
Futurism was born out of humanity's sudden thrust into technological revolution. To the many that witnessed the dramatic, rapid change, it seemed a technological utopia was fast approaching. This unbridled optimism caused the collective imagination to run wild.
Dreams of the future reveal more about the mind of the dreamer than the future itself.
This subreddit focuses on the futurist visions of eras past. However posts may also contain contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
Futurism was born out of humanity's reaction to a sudden thrust into technological revolution. To the many that witnessed the rapid change, it seemed technological utopia was fast approaching. This unbridled optimism caused the collective imagination to run wild.
Although many of these visions seem almost comical now - the spirit in which they were created is part of the reason you are currently looking into a glowing rectangle with unlimited, instant access to the sum of all human knowledge.
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Vintage =/= Retrofuturism
Vintage Sci-fi =/= Retrofuturism
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1. Futurist visions from eras past.
2. Contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
3. Discussion threads related to retrofuturism.
Related Subreddits:
r/ImaginaryTechnology - Sci-Fi and Fantasy art featuring robots, cyborgs, mechanisms and spaceships.
r/FuturePorn - A subreddit for futuristic concept designs.
r/WorldOfTomorrow - Present day predictions of what the future might hold.
r/ImaginaryHistory - If the infinite multi-verse theory turns out to be true, all of this actually exists.
/r/RetroFuturism
Lecture within the framework of the seminar "Retrofuturism"
Each of the epochs assumed its own project of the future. This future was built from what surrounded people, pushing to the limit the trends that seemed most important to contemporaries. And what seemed like a real possibility some 50 or 100 years ago now looks either naive or creepy.
At the lecture, we will try to figure out what attracts us to the alternative future and how it happens.
Lecturer — Vladislav Degtyarev, PhD in Cultural Studies, Associate professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, specialist in English art and architecture, author of the books "The Past as a field of creativity" (Moscow, 2018), "Baroque as connection and Rupture" (Moscow, 2021), "Madonna among the Ruins" (St. Petersburg, 2022) and "Memory and Oblivion of Ruins" (Moscow, 2023).
The lecture will be given today, October 24, 2024. At the Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg.