Retrofuturism is essentially an art movement that portrays the future through the lens of the past. It envisions our future technologies as basically an advanced modification of previous ones. Considering that this movement likes exploring the contrast between past and future (I know I sound repetitive, please bear with me) I thought it would be perfect for our subject.
What a better way to critique modern romance than to juxtapose it with the looks of an era where women were locked away in the kitchen? Putting daily hookups in a setting that screams "What do you mean you're getting divorced? No one does that!"
As Wikipedia aptly puts it: "Retrofuturism incorporates two overlapping trends which may be summarized as the future as seen from the past and the past as seen from the future." One way retrofuturism can be interpreted is by directly taking pre-1960s ideas of what the future would look like. Plenty of artists dating back to the 1800s had envisioned some form of the future based on their present. So a way to channel this artform is by taking inspiration from, essentially, the source. Another way to interpret retrofuturism is to take the future and incorporate aspects of the past. You take modernity and make it look old. Steampunk takes modern technology and makes it look Victorian, for example.
Whichever way we decide to do it, it'll probably end up looking similar to if we did it the other way.
One thing that I really enjoy about this art movement is that it's meant to show dissatisfaction with the present. Our idea is going to fit perfectly into the genre! I'm so excited.
Below is a compilation of videos I binge-watched in order to get a better grasp of the genre. More blog posts to come soon!
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