Robotvision Glitchcore
WTF is a futurist?
futurist Bruce Sterling asked what the New Aesthetic meant for fashion in his highly-anticipated closing address. “Although SXSW people do look chic, it’s a rather retro look,” he challenged the tech-savvy audience in attendance. “They don’t actually look very futuristic. I would suggest, when you come back next year…come back in robotvision glitchcore!”
In fashion, a growing number of designers have embraced the digital prints revolution. But which designers, imagemakers and fashion editorial outlets are actually producing “New Aesthetic” work that actively engages and deals with our digitally-mediated world?
Robotvision? Low-resolution pixilation? Farmer-chic is getting boring but this is equally predictable.
I would bet on a return to a slick aesthetic as these cycles tend to go, but spare us the pacman patterns.
