steampunk - what the airkraken is steampunk

Marcus Rauchfuss- Into Steampunk since 2008

-Zeppelin enthusiast

- co-Author: Steampunk – kurz & geek

- blogging at www.daily-steampunk.com

Steampunk

What the Airkraken is Steampunk?

And what has the Airkraken got to do

with it?

Steampunks would tell you about...

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“Experts” would say...

A possible definitonSteampunk, while it incorporates

nostalgia, is not a “Retro” movement. Its differing factor is that Steampunks do not return to the past and live the life

as it was, they want to go back to re-imagine the past’s future–and live in that in the present. They re-imagine a future

that includes beauty, manners, elegance, innovation, and steam and to a large

extent, they are making it.Sally Applin in “Steampunk: Making The

Future“

Another possible Definition

Steampunk is what Wells and Verne have wirtten about... Taken into

Overdrive.

History

“Steampunk” as a term was coined by K.W. Jeter in 1979. Movies and novels now belonging to the genre have existed a few years longer.

The Steampunk boom came about with the internet.

In the Beginning there was Cyberpunk

From the Outside

The People

The People

Literature

Literature

And loads of Material on the Web

Maker

MakerMaker

Maker

Maker

Fine Art

Vadim Voitekhovitch

Myke Amend

Want to see more?

Go to:

www.deviantart.com

search for “Steampunk”

From the Inside

Music

Themes and Costumes define Steampunk music.

Musical styles are highly varied.

Music

Conventions

Playground: Ætherweb

- Rauchersalon

- Brassgoggles

- Facebook

- A boiler full of blogs

- World-wide connections

Interestingly, Steampunk is exceptional compared to other “weird dresscode” subcultures:

No Negative public image!

Aspects of the Scene

- Creativity

- Technophilia

- Web culture

- “can do”-Mentality

- Manners and Mannerisms

- Certain tendency towards elitism

- Spirit of adventure

- in some areas: “Looks trump Attitude”

- Mainstream Compatibility

The Future

- THE Topic of 2013 according to IBM

- Increased public perception

- “Steampunk” - The costume of the RPC 2013 (trendy!)

- Children in the Scene

- continuing literature boom (selfpub)

- Influencing mainstream fashion(Prada)

- Fragmentation (Dieselpunk, Atompunk, Clockpunk etc.)

- Globalisation

So what is Steampunk?

- Everything I talked about

- some things I did not talk about

- ask 10 Steampunks, get 15 opinions

SO:

- Does it vaguely fit what I was talking about?

- is it fun?

“Yes” to both?

Well done! Steampunk!

Useful Links

www.clockworker.de

www.brassgoggles.co.uk

www.thesteampunkmuseum.com

www.dieselpunks.org

www.daily-steampunk.com

But what about...

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