Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Some months ago I had a very enjoyable conversation with Lisa Hix from Collectors Weekly about retro aesthetics, vintage, collecting, et cetera - it is now up on their website, with some nice illustrations

4 comments:

Fernando Ramírez Ruiz said...

manned space travel is rightfully retro, I´ve read in serious sources the advantages of unmanned vehicles versus risks/costs/plain unworkability of future manned space exploration makes thinking in it basically an excercise in nostalgia. Sad but true

Julian Bond said...

Can I throw an idea at you. In homage to the Brazilian Abravanista and Anthropophagic movements, I'd like to suggest "Retrophagy". That's the deliberate eating, rumination, re-combination and regurgitation of the past in order to create the new. Consequently, it's the positive counterpoint to the decadence of Retromania.

SIMON REYNOLDS said...

retrophagy

like the concept, but as a word it looks and sounds orrible!

Julian Bond said...

Heh, I'll keep working on it. I for one, welcome the Retrophagísta