"Any kind of popular trend is infinitely more wholesome than listening to old records. It's more important that people know that some kind of pleasure can be derived from things that are around them - rather than to catalogue more stuff - you can do that forever"- HARRY SMITH
........................"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may / Old Time is still a-flying / And this same flower that smiles today/Tomorrow will be dying"-ROBERT HERRICK
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
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
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.
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
ReplyDeleteCan 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.
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ReplyDeletelike the concept, but as a word it looks and sounds orrible!
Heh, I'll keep working on it. I for one, welcome the Retrophagísta
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