Cyberpunk: from then to now

 In some of my previous posts, I have mentioned this artistic genre and my interest in it. But I decided to research mor in depth, since as it will be greatley involved with my studio work.

-Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting that tends to focus on the society of the proverbial "high tech low life"; featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as information technology and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.

One of the most well know exhamples of this is the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", better known as Blade Runner; George Orwell's "1984" falls into the same category.

The running theme in works of this style is the Dystopian future and need of rebellion to return to a peaceful and just society.
This kind of story line not only occures in films but in gaming as well, in titles such as Fallout and Half Life.

Cyberpunk has also evolved and found its way into figuartive art andfashion design.

 

Cyberpunk now has now evolvrd intoa cultural trend, reffered to as Cybergoth,with its own style and music, expressing the querkyness and oddity of the genre itself.