Where: Gallery artisan, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
When: Friday 26 October - Saturday 15 December
After what feels like an eternity of waiting, it's finally the opening week of The Antipodean Steampunk Show, our biggest and final exhibition for the year.
The exhibition will launch this Thursday evening, and will be open to the public from Friday.
So, what is Steampunk?
Born in literature in the 1980s in
response to the sci-fi ‘Cyberpunk’ genre, 'Steampunk' merged Victorian styling with contemporary technology and invention to create a genre so visually rich, it soon transcended the page.
These days, the influence of Steampunk can be found in film and
fashion, as well as in the workshops of scores of hobbyist tinkerers and
professional artists alike.
The Steampunk movement rails against the modern obsession with upgrade and improvement by using elaborate craftsmanship to transform mass produced - and
easily discarded - contemporary products into unique objects of desire.
Even if this is the first time you have heard the word 'Steampunk', you have probably seen its influence in films such as Sherlock Holmes, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stardust, Hellboy, and The Illusionist to name a few.
The Antipodean Steampunk Show is bursting at the seams with fantastical items such as ray guns, tea bag jigglers, time machines, jewellery, rocket packs, and even a Victoriana peepshow.
To attend Thursday night's opening event, please RSVP to info@artisan.org.au. Otherwise, we hope to see you at the gallery during the duration of the exhibition!
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