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Lexisnexis computer from 1976

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The groundbreaking computer animator and artist Brummbaer has left us today (1945–2016). His diverse practice started in the 1960s with pavement painting, psychedelic poster design, and light shows for Amon Düül II, Frank Zappa, Tangerine Dream, etc. By the 1970s, he was running an underground comix company and had translated/edited Robert Crumb’s first book into German.

With the 1980s, he discovered his most expressive medium—the computer. He was a prolific computer artist with innumerable animations as well as digital paintings (a master of Deluxe Paint). He also created SFX for Johnny Mnemonic and a CG history retrospective for SIGGRAPH ‘95. Several health battles came with the 2000s but he continued to create and publish two autobiographical books. In describing Brummbaer during a 1992 interview:

Ever modest with regard to the magic that he spins, Brummbaer says that his philosophy of creativity stems from his notion that an artist is but a humble window washer. His computer screen, he claims, is simply a window that allows him to see through into other worlds, and all he does is polish the screen so that we can see through to the other side.

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Rest in peace Brummbaer

“Once you have let your optical membranes caress Brummbaer’s electrifying, throbbing screens you understand that your brain is a soft, juicy, pulsing cyber-sea with 100 billion computers (called neurons) waiting to be strobed with intelligent, funny digitals… Brummbaer’s name will be honored in the cybernetic Hall of Fame because he was the one of the first hackers to convert the computer into a pulsating, vibrating instrument of pleasurable communication.” -Timothy Leary, 1990 (source)

Rest in peace to an under-appreciated innovator.

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Carlo Nason for Mazzega

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JVC Videosphere // CRT television (Japan, 1970)

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Uferpark Attisholz Süd (former sewage treatment plant), Luterbach, Mavo Landschaften, 2019

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П36 0123 (P36 0123)

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SŽD-Baureihe П36 mit Stokerfeuerung (2'D2’ h2 (3'3’ T 68)) gebaut 1955 in der Maschinenbaufabrik W.W. Kujbyschew, Kolomna (UDSSR). Spurbreite 1524mm.

Konstruktion enthält Grundzüge amerikanischer Lokomotiven wie Boxpokräder (ein Patent der US-amerikanischen General Steel Castings Corporation (Granite, Illinois)) und Stokerfeuerung (automatische Zuführung der Kohle) sowie die selbstreinigende Rauchkammer.

Diese prachtvolle Lokomotive mit 2500 PS und max. 125 km/h steht im Oldtimer Museum Rügen (ehemaliges Eisenbahn- und Technikmuseum) in Binz (Ortsteil Prora). Sie hat Treibräder mit einem Durchmesser von 2m und bringt satte 250 t Betriebsgewicht auf die Waage.

П36 0123 (P36 0123)

S’D series П36 with stoker firing (2'D2’ h2 (3'3’ T 68)) built in 1955 in the engineering factory V.V. Kujbyshev, Kolomna (UDSSR). Track width 1524mm.

Construction contains basic features of American locomotives such as boxpok wheels (a patent of the US-American General Steel Castings Corporation (Granite, Illinois)) and stoker firing (automatic feeding of coal) as well as the self-cleaning smoke chamber.

This magnificent locomotive with 2500 HP and max. 125 km/h is located in the Oldtimer Museum Rügen (former railroad and technology museum) in Binz (district Prora). It has driving wheels with a diameter of 2m and weighs a respectable 250 t operating weight.

Starlite, San Diego, 2025. Photography by Kimberly Motos

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Nevele Hotel Lobby, Ellenville, New York, 1977

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Voice Balloon voice recorder - designed by Rumi Nakano (1998)

Scanned from Digital Dreams: The Work of the Sony Design Center (1999)

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Design by killatrippinblaze

Source:https://www.instagram.com/p/CdT_l71MISq/

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Loving these imagined intricate neo-Y2K blobject devices 💙🤍

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Yuputira, Mariko Mori’s House in Mikayo Island, Japan (2022)

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1st Photo:https://www.instagram.com/p/CkeBiXgOe30/

2nd - 4th Photo:https://www.instagram.com/p/CkeFvrQOU9O/

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'Cinema Futura' movie theater - Zhongshan, China (2014)

Designed by Alexander Wong

"Вased on futurism and inspired by classic sci-fi movies like Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Avatar, the design attempts to create the first sci-fi cinema in Zhongshan, China. The 36,800-square-foot interior is a complex composition of organic design elements that create original forms. These forms are custom made with fiberglass molds, bold colors, and dynamic lighting to produce a futuristic ambience.

At the entrance, one immediately arrives at the Plaza Pandora, a surrealistic biosphere with an organic ceiling supported by double-layered spiraling columns with an outer skin inspired by DNA strands called chromosome columns and the movie Alien. Here, one will also notice the white leaf-like patterns on the floor with matching metallic pendant lights swirling dynamically above. The plaza is encompassed by the sensual forms of the Pandora Box Office and Bar Pandora where moviegoers can buy tickets and popcorn to begin their unique journey into movie fantasy. Our inspiration here is nature itself. Nature is filled with the most complex geometrical shapes imaginable. In terms of this complexity and the sophistication of our universe in its entirety, sci-fi and futurism only reflect a tiny fraction. We are deeply inspired, or quite simply, in awe of nature. It is the source of all art forms, including architecture and spatial design."

Scanned from the book, Archiphantasy by Alexander Wong (2019)