It is also based on many different styles and inspiration sources coming together. It could be said that solarpunk is similar in this aspect. They are being shifted into new configurations in which the reflection on humanity and present day is replaced with play on tropes and cultural elements bereft of their original meaning and context. Seeing as Gibson’s novel initiated the creation of cyberpunk, it is only expected that his inspiration will be adapted by other authors.Īccording to Mazurkiewicz, cyberpunk texts consist a blend of styles and elements excerpted from many other representations of reality. The inspiration was only strengthened by the Sprawl Trilogy written by William Gibson which is set in Chiba City.

After all, art imitates life (or, one could say, art represents life), and the closest thing to the cyberpunk aesthetic could be found in Japanese aesthetic of the Tokyo metropolis. It is impossible not to connect those imaginary worlds with a real one. Among examples he summons Blade Runner (1982), Akira (1988) and Ghost in the Shell (1995). The city space, especially in cyberpunk movies, as points Mazurkiewicz, is a tool used to portray this concrete jungle as an infernal space. A typical scenery for cyberpunk works of any media platform would be a metropolis similar to a labyrinth, filled with neon lights and billboards. As an established subgenre and subculture it is a good point of reference to solarpunk and where its visual inspirations originate from. Before I explore this topic I need to mention cyberpunk first. For further information or to contact us (for example if you think this URL was disabled in error) please visit our website at. Is.gd is a free service used to shorten long URLs. We are sorry for any inconvenience that the misuse of this URL may have caused you.įor reference and to help those fighting spam the original destination of this URL is given below (we strongly recommend you don't visit it since it may damage your PC):. Please see our policy on fighting spam for more details. Is.gd takes all abuse of our service very seriously and we use a combination of automated measures and manual investigation of all complaints to prevent it wherever possible. We have no contact with or association with spammers so are unable to unsubscribe you from any such lists. If you received spam, please be aware that we did not send it - is.gd is a URL shortening/redirection service and does not operate any email servers or lists. Please be careful when visiting links you receive from somebody you don't know. Most likely this link was being used maliciously or was used in spam. This shortened URL has been disabled due to a violation of our terms & conditions.

Wings of Renewal by Claudie Arseneault