FUTURISM REDESIGN
NEW YORK - MARCH 2019 — A FUTURE FUSED. Colliding at a single point to bring out new perspectives and interpretations. Thinking outside of the box. Viewing things differently. Creating a distinctive civilization that embodies all that is new. Forward Thinking. Breaking out of the cycle of sameness and repetative movements. Taking the risk of trying something new. Challenging the standard of what used to work, against the possibilities of what could work.
We cant being defined by previous standards and stereotypes made to keep us out or keep us from achieving the possibilities of the impossible, so we create our own. Looking at a future and fusing the different versions of this distant place that somehow we imagine. Some of it is ingrained in us - what we expect of the future, what we think the future should look like and what the future could be; Hover cars and jet packs, high tech gadgets, skyscrapers and high-rise futuristic buildings and more. On the other hand its different for everyone. It can be what we see for ourselves in the future, how we want things to change in the future or how the future should be based off our perspective and experiences. It’s about where we see things going and how we expect to get there. Envisioning a place for everyone in this future; and not excluding or only showing a piece or even portraying a future that’s only for some.
While I strive for creating this environment, I push for Introducing the direction and conversation of what a future should be. Essentially, a number of things coming together, different in its own way and taking the pieces of self into what we see for ourself. Everyone is in search of something for their future and this is the journey to how we get there, how we shape it and how we make it the present.” - Jonathan Dante - Creative Director ▲
FUTURISM REDESIGN is the beginning concepts of the redesign of ELSV Magazine’s overall design, new cover and layout, while continuing to build on the core concepts of ELSV.
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THE AUTONOMOUS PERSON
In the future, people won’t be confined to their 3-dimensional bodies as described by the “Substrate-Autonomous Person” complex. Eventually, people will be more inclined to
In the future, people won’t be confined to their 3-dimensional bodies as described by the “Substrate-Autonomous Person” complex. Eventually, people will be more inclined to generate identities in a multitude of substrates, such as a “platform diverse body”. A platform diverse body refers to a future body that is habitable in the physical/material world but also coexists in computer generated environments and virtual realities – similar to a matrix of sorts. The autonomous person is metaphorically exemplified throughout numerous futuristic phenomena such as clairvoyance, mind alteration and the alter-ego through photography.
By definition, clairvoyance is the power of discerning objects not present to the senses and/or the ability to perceive matters beyond one’s traditional perception. Through gaining information about a person, object or physical event one can begin to experiment in sensory deprivation to stimulate clairvoyance. The imagery generally attached to the term clairvoyance is more of a futuristic, “Sixth sense” type of imagery that has left traces throughout most forms of art.
When showcasing clairvoyance in photography, the photographer can use a plethora of techniques to achieve the look of a hypersensitivity towards higher energies. Blurring backgrounds and faces creates a “fade to black,” or in this issue “fade to white,” aura that lingers in each photo. Blurring faces almost forces one to think of the multiple possibilities as to what’s going on mentally in the photograph.
Using a camera for the above mentioned point of view, pictures will tell a complete unique story and will defy the imagination of the audience. Mind alteration pertains to the objects and spaces that surround your subject. How do people use, look at and experience the space around them? What evidence or suspicion is left behind? What mood is this individual in at that particular moment in time?
Metaphorically speaking, the human mind is a data mining tool and to represent this in photography and art the creative variations are limitless. Alteration symbolizes the fascination for photography and the constant search for a personal revelation regarding the self.
Ghosting and fading effects, and flipping/inverting copies to symbolize the yin & yang of a subject tells so much with so little. The alter-ego concept is a popular concept showcased in countless forms of photography such as wedding and hair photography and even fashion editorials. But what if we focus on the self? What if we show the inner mental war we all face every day? This war reveals the many sides, personalities and perspectives of one object/individual on an in-depth level. The alter ego can be good, evil or a polar opposite of what’s visible at first sight.
A true but cliché fascination with light provides the different effects of light and shadow that capture an image in its rawest, most genuine state – originality. The autonomous person leads a life of hopeful seclusion that leaves normalcy in the dust and carries the torch of our future’s mindscape once married to secrecy and curiosity. Step into the light and fade to white as we venture into a world unknown, a second self, for an alter ego is the most trusted and intimate friend we know. ▲
FUTURISMO ODYSSEY
FUTURISM IDENTIFIES WITH EVENTS AND trends of the future or which anticipate the future. An artistic movement beginning in Italy in the early 1900s, futurism is the base of a artistic tree devoted to celebrated
FUTURISM IDENTIFIES WITH EVENTS AND trends of the future or which anticipate the future. An artistic movement beginning in Italy in the early 1900s, futurism is the base of a artistic tree devoted to celebrated and incorporating the energy and dynamic of modern technology. From this point forward futurism has evolved, branching off into different subcategories such as retro futurism, architectural futurism and neo-futurism.
A prime example of retro futurism is the iconic Star Wars legacy. Star Wars represents an imitative style, fashion and design of the 60s and 70s while simultaneously portraying the works of the future. Vintage fabrics like the usage of wornout cloaks, warm colors such as burgundy and orange - all presented upon the stage of a secular, futuristic world bearing entergalactic fruits.
Architectural futurism is an early-20th century form of architecture characterized by heavy chromaticism, sharp and elongated lines suggesting urgency or a fast-paced lifestyle. Vastly present today, architectural futurism is an artform that yields comparison to other city or building designs. The Chrysler Building in New York City is a notable example of futuristic architecture, as it was regarded as “the future” in the 1920s and 1930s. The Javitz Center in Manhattan is another example due to its jukebox-shaped glass towers, shaded by forest green hues. Cantilevers and straight lines symbolize motion or speed which scream “not of this world”.
Neo-futurism is an early 21st century movement in the arts, design, architecture, and fashion. It connects with a much more idealistic perspective of the future to come and builds a modern rapport with new-age technology. As an avant-garde movement, neo-futurism is a reshaping of not just the visuals or logistics of a society, but also the rethinking of a foreseable future where new concepts and technologies will provide a better quality of life for civilians. Imagine a civilization where skyscrapers aren’t simply skyscrapers, but moreso pieces of an existing city situated in the sky above ground. An age where machinery and artificial intelligence are fixated in the center of a pulsating society thriving on clean, eco-friendly, radically pioneering networks - this is neo-futurism best described.
ELSV Mag now takes a turn for the better with a cutting edge approach to neo-futurism. Exemplified by an all-white, modern futuristic concept, ELSV Mag enters the void of a unpigmented revolution. Experience the rigid dichotomy between pure white visuals and a glimpse into the year 3030. Feel a state of anarchy through the fashion, a race through time in the architecture, a warping vibration through the wordplay, and view a rendition of civilians of a superearth two trillion lightyears away through the photography. This is a state-of-the-art odyssey into the inevitable future. ▲
This article was featured in ELSV MAGAZINE ISSUE 6.