In a message dated 9/23/1999 1:43:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, echilds@linex.com writes:
<< If those Sprite ads had aired ten years ago, the audience might not have
understood what they were seeing. But today's audiences are more culturally
literate - the kids in Iowa who watch MTV probably have at least a glancing
familiarity with Anime, Jackie Chan and Tupac Shakur that makes the
synthesis more comprehensible to them.
>>
I liked this post.
Anime in general has many mixed technology-organic themes, which is one of
the reasons why I love it so much. Thinking about it now: so does hip-hop
(though much of it involved mixing human voice with prerecorded organic
sound). Mixing genres, is of course, nothing new to pop culture.
One of the reasons why I didn't have much to say regarding those posts about "NY gallery scenes" -- was I am in no way interested in "hi-brow" ( at least in the visual art scene). I watch pop culture much more closely.
As I researched architecture for a future cities I found not much else except Syd Mead and anime. And comix. And the occasional SF book cover. Oh yeah- and the Fifth Element book ( fremnch edition).
I was forced to go to material that dealt with industrial design and organic architecture, two fields which utilize the latest materials in creating their art forms.