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For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
this amazing exhibition.
http://www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.com/
John
--
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei
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"Doctor John" <joh### [at] home com> wrote in message
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> For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
> this amazing exhibition.
>
> http://www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.com/
When Charles C said that "tech the tech is literary greebling" in the bad
sci fi thread below, I realized what bugged me about steampunk: Much of it
is greebling too, it's just that the greebles are pulled from a library
belonging to a different era. Not to say that art cannot be done for art's
sake, but the common and overplayed theme nowadays seems to be pretend
functionality in a lot of artistic or semi-artistic endavours, be it sci-fi
literature, computer games, 3d (creature/humanoid) modelling, as well as
steampunk. Visuals might be superficially striking, and there's definitely
display of technical prowess in metal and woodworking, welding, fastening,
polishing, or if it's virtual, in modeling, but the end result often feels
empty and does not provoke thought. To me, the true steampunk, thus, is:
http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/harmonium/
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Doctor John wrote:
> For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
> this amazing exhibition.
Is it? I'd like to get ack into playing around with 3D, and need to
rebuild the typewriter ergonomic keyboard I'd done...won't be in time
for IRTC, regardless. Need a beefier computer than this Lifebook.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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Doctor John wrote:
> For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
> this amazing exhibition.
What? IRTC is back?
I should re-subscribe to povray.general...
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> When Charles C said that "tech the tech is literary greebling" in the bad
> sci fi thread below, I realized what bugged me about steampunk: Much of it
> is greebling too, it's just that the greebles are pulled from a library
> belonging to a different era. Not to say that art cannot be done for art's
> sake, but the common and overplayed theme nowadays seems to be pretend
> functionality in a lot of artistic or semi-artistic endavours, be it
> sci-fi
> literature, computer games, 3d (creature/humanoid) modelling, as well as
> steampunk. Visuals might be superficially striking, and there's definitely
> display of technical prowess in metal and woodworking, welding, fastening,
> polishing, or if it's virtual, in modeling, but the end result often feels
> empty and does not provoke thought. To me, the true steampunk, thus, is:
> http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/harmonium/
IMO steampunk should be about the blending of ornamentation and
function, not greebling pseudo-function onto things to give the impression
of complexity. The harmonium seems to be all function and no ornamentation
though, it really strikes me as 1930-ish craftsman, more than steampunk.
Nice engineering examples like that deserve engraving and scrollwork.
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On 10/17/2009 8:15 AM, Doctor John wrote:
> For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
> this amazing exhibition.
>
> http://www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.com/
>
> John
Awesome. Wish I could see it in person.
Mike
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> For those still looking for inspiration for this round of IRTC, visit
>> this amazing exhibition.
>
> What? IRTC is back?
>
> I should re-subscribe to povray.general...
Or irtc.general :P
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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"Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] anti-spamcomcastnet> wrote in message
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> > empty and does not provoke thought. To me, the true steampunk, thus, is:
> > http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/harmonium/
> IMO steampunk should be about the blending of ornamentation and
> function, not greebling pseudo-function onto things to give the impression
> of complexity. The harmonium seems to be all function and no ornamentation
> though, it really strikes me as 1930-ish craftsman, more than steampunk.
> Nice engineering examples like that deserve engraving and scrollwork.
All good points.
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