THE UBIQUITOUS '80s LASER GRID -- UPLOAD MY CONSCIOUSNESS NOW.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on an unnamed '80s decade cyber/laser grid art piece, and an ubiquitous symbol of 1980s graphic design -- the laser grid. Artist unknown.
MINI-OVERVIEW: "A central vanishing point, dark background, a grid of thin lines in primary colours; optionally, the sun setting behind mountains. The look of the laser grid follows a precise set of rules and principles while appearing in many variations. It creates a futuristic atmosphere, a space of possibility for the technological future people imagined forty years ago.
The '80s was a time of political tension and Cold War, paired with mass consumption and optimism for technology and a computer-driven society. This is what the '80s light grid incorporates, creating a futuristic space of possibility, and describing a future that never was."
-- INDIEGROUND, "From Kubrick to Vaporwave: A Brief History of the '80s Grid," published August 2022
Source: https://indieground.net/80s-grid-history.
