Retro-futurism
Retro - futurism, retro futurism also referred to the idea of the future that prevailed in the past and we look retrospectively from today. The term was first used in 1983 by the U.S. media artist Lloyd Dunn. Retrofuturism was also the name of a between 1988 and 1993 published by Dunn magazine. After Stewart Home Retro Futurism is "Modern accordance with the conditions of postmodernity ".
Visions of the future
Future visions of the past are numerous documented in science and the arts. In the creative context, these future visions manifest particularly in the area of science fiction. Ideas of the future are inevitably influenced by the perception of the respective present and make clear this time obligations in retrospect. Examples are the silent film Journey to the Moon, the animated series The Jetsons, the Star Trek series or film Forbidden Planet. For many people, there is a special appeal is to compare these fictitious documents from literature, film, music and painting from the past with the actual changes in development. A formative concept is that of "Tomorrow that never was ".
( Retro ) Futurism in Art and Design
Retro - futurism also called a flow in art and design, which deliberately refers to new works on the future visions of the past. So many designers are based on the work of Luigi Colani whose design is supplied from the discussion of the future and the German as the most important future designer is or at Googie style. Often the retro elements are placed in a new context. In the movie, here is an explicit example of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow from 2004, which was recorded with modern digital technology and its equipment is reminiscent of older science fiction films such as Metropolis, Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. Retro-futuristic motifs can also be found very often in completely computer-animated movies like in Robots, and The Incredibles - The Incredibles, in computer games or drawn comic. In the literature, the reinterpretation retrofuturistischer motifs done, for example in the genre of Steampunk.
Discussion
It was in the media debate about the retro wave considerations, the study of the past would be the preoccupation with the future in the way and have escapist tendencies. While it was the original goal of the retro futurism to find in the past, ideas for the future, the result is often just another style of pop culture. On question of what might come after the retro futurism, this is no answer. In considering the perspectives of the past, it also give blurs because aesthetic trends of several decades would be mixed with modern ideas about the future. Thus was retro futurism " fake history ". Nevertheless, the study of the future ideas of the past as a legitimate starting point for shaping their own future is seen because there new power could be drawn by the recollection of old, well-known values . The idea of "progress by looking back " is a pretty and productive paradox.