I really enjoyed writing an article for In Focus Magazine on the Wardlaw Museum's Alien Worlds exhibition. The place is great fun to visit. Thanks to all the help from Museums of the University of St Andrews and Arjen Anthony Lucassen! The article will explore the museum, music and a lot of space science, both real and fictional!
Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers & cell phones, #CassetteFuturism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, Pixels, LCDs, Comm 64 & anything analogue. -📼🕹️🎛☢
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.
The future is saved 200KB at a time.
A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the late 70s and early 80s.
Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.
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Various collections of cassette futurism which can be found at:
It can cover everything from old 1980s consoles from SEGA to digital dashboards. The idea was played with around the globe.
The most famous of Alien and Blade Runner’s connective tissue are the latter’s visual homages. Screens from the Nostromo’s monitors appear within the spinner vehicles. Top images are from Alien, the bottom from Blade Runner.
Apollo and Artemis. Twin Towers and the new WTC.
I posted so much on twitter. So a lot of posts to at least save the #cassettefuturism posts.
