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…