Retro-futurism (of up-cycled materials) Jessica Dillard
Retro-futurism (of up-cycled materials)
Jessica Dillard
Styles
Utopian (shiny) • Everythingisshiny/new• Lot’sofbrightcolors• Nodirt/dust/damage
• Happypeople(skirtsareshorter,everyoneispre@y)
• PerfecCon• Sleek/Streamlined
Dystopian (gritty) • Everythingisused/old• Drab,dullcolors(by
comparison)
• Dirt/dust/damageeverywhere
• Sadness/rebellion(pantswithboots,uglies)
• ImperfecCon• Exposedwiring/hardware
Utopian Tropes(aconvenConalideaorphrase)• Zeerust:”Something‐acharacterdesign,abuilding,whatever–usedtobe
someone’sideaoffuturisCc.Nowadays,though,itironicallyhasastrangesortofdatednesstoit.AlsosomeCmescalled‘Retro‐futurisCc’.”Associatedtropes:foodpills,flyingcars,jetpack,retrorocket,robotbuddy,videophone,starshipluxurious,technology/sciencemarcheson.
• EverythingIsaniPodintheFuture:CuUng‐edge=blackandwhite,translucentplasCc,smoothededges,screensthatslideandflipout,touchscreens,unobtrusivebu@ons,minimalistadverCsinganddisplays,andlightsthatcomesoutofnowhere.Andofcourse,smallandconvenient.
• RaygunGothic:theaestheCcofearly‐andmid‐20thcenturyScienceFicCon.Everythingisslick/streamlines,withgeometricshapesandcleanparallellinesconstructedofshinymetalandglass,litprominentlybyneon.Sweepingcurves,parabolas,andacuteanglesareusedtosuggestmovement‐movementintothefuture.Thebright,opCmisCcversionofthefuture(withli@leblinkinglightsthatdon’treallydoanything).
Dystopian Tropes
• UsedFuture:aplacewhererealpeoplelive,andwherespaceshipslookdirty,dingy,andused(likeheavyequipmentatalonelytruckstop).Theshipsareoldjunkrunonashoestringbyhard‐bi@encharactersontheedge.HometorenegadesandregularworkingsCffs.SomeCmesusedtocontrastutopianstyleships/characters.
• Cyberpunk:genrecenteredaroundthetransformaCveeffectsofadvancedsciences,computersandnetworks,andradicalchangesinsocialorder.Darkandcynical.EssenCally,filmnoirbutwithcomputerhackersandarCficiallimbsorcyberneCcs
• ScavengerWorld:Usuallypost‐apocalypCc.Whentheknowledgeofhowtoproducethingsislost,everythingbecomescobbledtogetherofwhatevertomakeitwork.Lot’sofimprovisedarmorandimprovisedweapons.
• Dieselpunk:overlappingRaygunGothic,Steampunk,andCyberpunk,butgenerally20’sto50’saestheCc,andwithpredominantlydieselpoweredmachinery(everythingisdirty/greasy).
Retro-futurism
Movies
Fashion
Music
Literature/Art
Movies
Metropolis‐1927 ForbiddenPlanet‐1956
ForbiddenPlanet‐1956
ForbiddenPlanet‐1956
BuckRogers‐1979‐1981
BuckRogers‐1939 BuckRogers(comic)
Allimages:Barbarella‐1968
Allimages:2001:ASpaceOdyssey‐1968
Allimages:MoonZeroTwo‐1969
Allimages:StarWars‐1977‐1983
Allimages:TheFijhElement‐1997
Tron:Legacy‐2010
Tron:Legacy‐2010 MarsA@acks‐1996
MarsA@acks‐1996 SkyCaptainandtheWorldofTomorrow‐2004
Music
Above:Beyonce‐2007Allothers:KatyPerry‐2011
Fashion
AmyThompson‐FuturisCcCollecCon(2009)
AraJo(2009)
Misc
A7‐LApollopressurehelmetreplica
ConceptartforFallout3
Historical/Vintage
Pucci’sbubblehelmet(1960’s)ForprotecCngstewardesseshairfromwindytarmac.
Bibliography • 2001–ASpaceOdyssey.Dir.StanleyKubrick.Perf.KeirDullea,GaryLockwood,
WilliamSylvester.WarnerHomeVideo,1968.Film.CostumeDesigner:HardyAmies(wardrobe)
• Barbarella:QueenoftheGalaxy.Dir.RogerVadim.Perf.JaneFonda,JohnPhillipLaw,AnitaPallenberg.Paramount,1968.Film.CostumeDesigners:JacquesFonteray/PacoRabanne
• BuckRogers.Dir.FordI.Beebe.Perf.BusterCrabbe,ConstanceMoore,JackieMoran.VciEntertainment,1939.Film.CostumeDesignernotcredited.ArtDirector:RalphDeLacy
• BuckRogersinthe25thCentury:TheCompleteEpicSeries.Dir.DanielHaller.Perf.GilGerard,ErinGray,PamelaHensley.UniversalStudios,1979.Film.CostumeDesigners:AlLehman/SalAnthony
• ForbiddenPlanet.Dir.FredM.Wilcox.Perf.WalterPidgeon,AnneFrancis,LeslieNielsen.WarnerHomeVideo,1956.Film.CostumeDesigner:WalterPlunkea
• Metropolis(RestoredAuthorizedEdicon).Dir.FritzLang.Perf.BrigiaeHelm,AlfredAbel,GustavFröhlich.ParamountPictures,1927.Film.CostumeDesigner:AenneWillkomm
• StarWarsTrilogy(WidescreenTheatricalEdicon).Dir.George/IrvinLucas/Kershner.Perf.HarrisonFord,MarkHamill,CarrieFisher.20thCenturyFox,1977.VHS.CostumeDesigner:JohnMollo
• TheFifhElement.Dir.LucBesson.Perf.BruceWillis,MillaJovovich,GaryOldman.SonyPicturesHomeEntertainment,1997.DVD.CostumeDesigner:Jean‐PaulGaulcer
• Tron:Legacy.Dir.JosephKosinski.Perf.JeffBridges,GarreaHedlund,OliviaWilde.WaltDisneyPictures,2010.Film.CostumeDesigner:MichaelWilkinson
• WhenDinosaursRuledtheEarth(1970)/MoonZeroTwo(1969).Dir.RoyWardBaker.Perf.JamesOlson/CatherineSchell.Warner,1969.Film.CostumeDesigner:CarlToms
• "HomePage‐TelevisionTropes&Idioms."HomePage‐TelevisionTropes&Idioms.N.p.,n.d.Web.6Oct.2011.<hap://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage>.TVTropesismysourcetodefinesci‐fitropesthatidencfywithretro‐futurismstyles,themes,andideals.Seearcclesrelatedto"Dieselpunk""Cyberpunk""ScavengerWorld""UsedFuture""RaygunGothic""Zeerust"and"EverythingIsAniPodintheFuture"
• Foiret,Cyril."AraJo:FuturisCcFashionDesign|Trendland:FashionBlog&TrendMagazine."TRENDLAND:FASHION&TRENDBLOG*ART*DESIGN*PHOTOGRAPHY*CULTURE.TrendlandMagazine,n.d.Web.12Oct.2011.<hap://trendland.net/ara‐jo‐futuriscc‐fashion‐design/>.YouprobablyrecognizethedesignofyoungCentralSaintMarcn’s09graduateAraJo.SelectedfortheCSM’s2009GraduatePressShow,her‘Hypnosis‘colleccongainedtheaaenconfromthepressaswellascelebrityfashionstylistNicolaFormichev,whodressedLadyGagawithAra’sJumpsuitlastSeptemberinToronto.
• Foiret,Cyril."AmyThompsonCollecCon|Trendland:FashionBlog&TrendMagazine."TRENDLAND:FASHION&TRENDBLOG*ART*DESIGN*PHOTOGRAPHY*CULTURE.TrendlandMagazine,n.d.Web.12Oct.2011.<hap://trendland.net/amy‐thompson‐futuriscc‐colleccon/>.AmyThompsoniscertainlyayoungdesignertowatch!ShejustgraduatedwithanMAinFashionBodywearatDeMonxortUniversity,UK.Shedoesn’thaveanywebsiteorporxolioonline,shejustcontactedFashion156toshowthemhercolleccon!Anditsbeaucful!Amyusestranslucentpolypropylenearmorpiecestomanipulateandexaggeratetheshapeofthebody.Aninterescngnewwayofseeingthefutureoffashion…