[Atompunk] call for atompunk artists and exploring of concept definition

[Ron Thigpen]

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On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Michael Doyle <mike at burnlab.net> wrote:

> This is a test message to conform the list is working.
>
> Shoot something back  to confirm.
>
> In the mean time, you all may or may not know about the elusive  
> Eamespunk movement - which fits tidily within the Atompunk  
> umbrella.  Here's a very recent example for your interweb pleasure: http://theburnlab.blogspot.com/2008/12/inclusive-eamespunk-objects.html
>
> cheers,
> - Mike
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Viola wrote:
>
>> ATOMPUNK
>>
>> Tags: atom sputnik kosmonautic communism nuclear powerplants  
>> Jetsons Gagarin
>> communist paranoia man-on-the-moon Googie architecture mid-century  
>> modernism
>> utopian futurism pre-digital punk communism paranoia space cyber  
>> oldnasa kgb
>> east german gear industrial militairy power worlddomination
>>
>> Atompunk is a concept, what ideas exist about it? We'd like to  
>> develop this
>> concept together.
>> Now 2009, 20 years after the fall of the iron curtain, how do we  
>> reflect on
>> the period 45-65 as artists, architects, designers, philosophers,  
>> scolars.
>> What does this cultural heritage of that period mean for us,  
>> currently, for
>> artists, designers, politicians, activists, historicans..
>> What can we do with this when we think of a multi media festival on
>> Atompunk?
>>
>> What how can the concept of Atompunk be described? What's Real  
>> Atompunk?
>> And which artists / projects. Do you perhaps have ideas or know  
>> any? Any
>> crazy people we should meet?
>>
>> (and how much retro futurism, sci fi can be done.. and where's the  
>> Punk
>> element: where's the critisism, turning things upside down, do-it- 
>> yourself,
>> against space-age glamour, how can you punk the atom era, and how  
>> can you
>> punk the communist paranoia?)
>>
>> What would look cool? What images do we think of, when thinking of  
>> Atompunk?
>>
>>
>> Viola :)
>>
>> -
>> www.planetart.nl
>> multi media art trash noise temporary autonomous zones underground
>>
>>
>> (short video of openingnight GOGBOT08 on Steampunk:
>> http://www.vimeo.com/1763848 )
>>
>>
>>
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