Steampunk

[Scar]

So I had never heard of Steampunk before Burning Man this last year. We were driving into vthe festival and the greeter asked if we had any gifts for her, so my lover man handed her a photo he'd taken mounted on pink fur:



The lady was like "Holy shit that's so rad it's like Bordello Steam Punk Porn!!" We thought this was just about the best name for a photo ever invented and proceeded to talk about it for days before we realized that Steampunk was an actual thing. I have since googled it and found many interesting and most entertaining photos to enjoy on the topic.

Had you guys heard of Steampunk previously? Post some pix of some cool Steampunk stuff's you have come across.

PS
Photo by Allan Amato, Venus Wept.org
Corsetry by Deviant Designs/ Antiseptic Fashion
The other chick in the photo is Stoya

[One Eyed Cat]

I like it in the sense that I have no attachment to the word. I would market that silly shit in ways I would hesitate with conceptual art/aesthetics I actually value. It brings back fond memories of selling Imperial Russia crap to yuppies with my Grandpa.

JT

[saintgomi]

There are a number of SF & fantasy writers known as innovators in "steampunk," a literature that celebrates a kind of mutant form of victorian analog technology, mixed with a modern sensibility. KW Jeter, Tim Powers and James Blaylock area few noted steampunk novelists. Probably the single most famous SP novel is William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine.

There are also some interesting movie approaches to SP. My favorite is the animated Australian short, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. The movie is available on some DVD compilations, and you can see excerpts from it on Youtube.

[HeadlessBill]

Funny, we were discussing steampunk a bit in your thread about how people don't dress up much in the goth clubs anymore.

As for pics on steampunk inspired stuff.

I have a link to these watches.

[Exquisite]

Steampunk is my current favorite obsession. The idea is take something modern and make it look Victorian like this lcd monitor and keyboard.

We recently bought a Victorian house, that is currently in demo mode so no cool pics to show but hopefully soon we will be resplendent in Jules Verne goodness. We are envisioning Victorian mahogany flooring, matching wainscotting, iron and brass accents and lots of lush fabrics. Basically restoring it back to its 1912 glory with modern stuff hidden under the Victorian beauty. We have already located a coal and wood stove that has been rewired for electric and that may be our Christmas present to ourselves.

Also fooling around with an idea to make a self contained gaming pod a la the ship from the HG Wells classic "First men in the Moon".

[Buster Friendly]

HG Wells, and Jules Verne- Original steampunks...

[Lady Alias]

[Lady Alias]

[Wickedanima]

I have heard of it... I've been sort of.. familiar with it for several years, but I found the Brass Goggle's blog [ http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/ ] and realized that it was a much larger movement than I expected. Its really interesting, and as a HUGE fan of Victorian Sci-Fi, it is reallly appealing. Although much like Romantic-Goth and Neo-Victorian, the clothing is really expensive 'off' the rack, and will only get moreso as designers decide this is the hot look.

The people that are Steampunks are awesome, tinkerers and builders... They just to suuuuppper stuff, and I currently count myself as a Steam-Groupie.

[Bikerpunk]

And to think that its inventors, Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, are two of the least fashionable and attractive people on the market.

[Velvet-Tongue]

Would not mind a pair of those antique weilding goggles with the green lenses.

[antiseptic fashion]

Steampunk is NOT neovictorian, I hate to be the douchebag arguing sub genre's of sub genre's but this one gets me so bad, look it up yourself. Different, quit confusing them, both cool, different things entirely rrrrr >:/

[malcolm]

steampunk..........sounds like either a realy gassy punker or some new anime i havet seen yet cus im still waitig fr karas2 to come out.

[malcolm]

steampunk..........sounds like either a realy gassy punker or some new anime i havet seen yet cus im still waitig fr karas2 to come out.

i t heard likfour hunred collective groans followed by a rimsht (and not the good kind) sorry, coulnt help myself. from what ive seen it looks fuckin hot. so wish i had me a steamer punk boi right abot now....hmmm...whats under that elton acketthere, mister. mrowr!

[Stella Maris]

you know i used to really love steampunk, i got into it a few years back, but now that it's becoming popular it's just starting to piss me off. and not because it's popular or anything. it's because i can think of ONE person that does it well, ONE!!! most of them have misinterpreted it and have taken to calling what should be called neo-victorianism, steampunk. it's rediculous and a good portion of them seem very confused as to whether steampunk is something to work into their everyday wardrobe (these are the ones that usually get closest to what you'd think it'd be) or if it's something that is costuming and should be as over the top as possible and used for cosplay. many of both catergories seem to want to turn steampunk into the new industrial but get confused in the process. it used to be going in the right direction like it was going to be merged into our underground subculture. but now i'm not so sure, people are already ruining it for me. they deem the silliest costumes to be steampunk and then decide that the stuff that is actually what steampunk really should be, is not and never will be labeled steampunk. it's just so frustrating to me. it has so much potential and has currently, for me at least, fallen far short of what it could be.

for those of you who would like to look a bit more at the steampunk genre check out the links i've asked Deviant Designs to post for me

[Stella Maris]

oh, and Scar, most of the crap i make and force you to wear for us could very easily fall in the steampunk catagory like the stuff you and stoya wore and all the stuff from our last photoshoot. altough i know many wouldn't agree.

[antiseptic fashion]

oh, and Scar, most of the crap i make and force you to wear for us could very easily fall in the steampunk catagory like the stuff you and stoya wore and all the stuff from our last photoshoot. altough i know many wouldn't agree.

heres the links ::cheating!::
http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/ - check out the forum
http://community.livejournal.com/steamfashion/
http://community.livejournal.com/steampunkfash/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/
and my current fav, what i think may come closest
http://www.coilhouse.net/

[Black Spiral Dancer]

The best "mainstream" examples of SteamPunk recently have been Wild Wild West, Van Helsing and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
If you're after roleplay games, try DeadLands, Space 1889 or GURPS SteamPunk. If you're looking for inspiration, think of what James Bond would have if he'd been around for Queen Victoria, or what would of happened if Charles Babbage had succeeded in creating a Difference Machine that worked.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is technically one of the first (if not the first) SteamPunk stories.

[Donald Rilea]

Funny thing is that the Wild, Wild West film was based on the 1965-69 tv show of the same name that ran here in the States.

So, could the television version be considered as a kind of proto-steampunk???

[malcolm]

Funny thing is that the Wild, Wild West film was based on the 1965-69 tv show of the same name that ran here in the States.

So, could the television version be considered as a kind of proto-steampunk???

ummm........very loosely based, like a uwe boll film. lol

[Donald Rilea]

Sorry, not familiar with Mr. Boll's work. Will have to check him out on IMDB.

[malcolm]

trust me, he sucks ass. he did the shtty movi adaptins of......house of the dead, afraid of the dark and-one of my all time favorite splatter games-bloodrayne. i remember when his trainwreck of a film bloorayne came out there was an interview with him about how otakus around the world were petitioning the videogame companies to not allow him to make movies of heir games. he sucks tha badly. he could make a pornofilm and still make it a waste of film.

[Donald Rilea]

trust me, he sucks ass. he did the shtty movi adaptins of......house of the dead, afraid of the dark and-one of my all time favorite splatter games-bloodrayne. i remember when his trainwreck of a film bloorayne came out there was an interview with him about how otakus around the world were petitioning the videogame companies to not allow him to make movies of heir games. he sucks tha badly. he could make a pornofilm and still make it a waste of film.

I'll take your word 'pon that subject, Malcolm, though may still look the bugger up on IMDB just for my own curiosity's sake.

The thing about the original series was both how anachronistic it could often be(1960's era attitudes and secret agent gadgets in the early 1870's), and some of the bizarre villains(the original Doctor Loveless, played by the late Michael Dunn, being the most memorable of the lot)and contraptions employed by them.

While it definitely shows its age when viewed to-day(one of the local independent UHF stations was re-running the series for a while last year and for most of this year), the series is perhaps still worth a look or two from time to time.

[mandrax]

Steampunk is popular in several clubs here in L.A. especially at Malediction Society. Has anyone ever been?

[malcolm]

I'll take your word 'pon that subject, Malcolm, though may still look the bugger up on IMDB just for my own curiosity's sake.

The thing about the original series was both how anachronistic it could often be(1960's era attitudes and secret agent gadgets in the early 1870's), and some of the bizarre villains(the original Doctor Loveless, played by the late Michael Dunn, being the most memorable of the lot)and contraptions employed by them.

While it definitely shows its age when viewed to-day(one of the local independent UHF stations was re-running the series for a while last year and for most of this year), the series is perhaps still worth a look or two from time to time.

I've eent he sow a few timesbut i've always been more of a scfi bitch myself....lost in space, startrek (before it got too serious)buck rogers,v for victory,shit likethat. and as far as gadgets i was a huge nut over get smart. i heard they were making that into a movie

[Donald Rilea]

Yep, they are making Get Smart into a feature film, with Steve Carrell as Maxwell Smart, which is slated for release next year.

Funny thing about the original WWW, and that was, in some respects, mainly the villains and gadgets, it could be said to somewhat fit into the science-fiction category, albeit pretty loosely at that.

[malcolm]

very true.steve carrell would perfect for maxwell. i heard anne hatahaway was playing agent 99

[Donald Rilea]

very true.steve carrell would perfect for maxwell. i heard anne hatahaway was playing agent 99

You are correct, Sir!!!!

[malcolm]

yeah i saw her on leno talking about how much of a pain it is to wear stillettos (stllettos are for pockets not feet) and how sh stuck the rock with one in a fight scene lol