I forgot ot mention that I saw Kraftwerk the other night, at the Warfield Theatre on Market Street. It was an awesome show, which might seem odd given that it was four guys with keyboards and computers, and for a portion of the show, four robots. But they have a great AV show, which is consciously non-modern in terms of the graphics and CG they use. The video graphics were early-80's chunky-bit low-resolution stuff. What CG there is uses vector graphics, and circa-85 wireframe models of the musician's heads. Added to that is old film-footage of the Tour de France, in a single-width 16mm format.
So there's an aesthetic that's very specific and non-current, much like the 70's retro-trend, but this is a look they never abandoned for something newer; integrity through adherence to a philosophy, unchanging. Or you could say they are so geeky, they transcend geekiness, or style or trends. It's very cool.
The whole show made me want to go back to Germany, which, if you've never been, is something you should go see. It's a great place.
So there's an aesthetic that's very specific and non-current, much like the 70's retro-trend, but this is a look they never abandoned for something newer; integrity through adherence to a philosophy, unchanging. Or you could say they are so geeky, they transcend geekiness, or style or trends. It's very cool.
The whole show made me want to go back to Germany, which, if you've never been, is something you should go see. It's a great place.