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Hello! Welcome to the first informative video of the Tesla Steampunk Crew.
I'm Leo!
And I'm Marcela
This is an introduction to a series of steampunk related videos
We'll start with the basics!
"What is steampunk?"
A lot of people have asked us this question. But is not easy to respond :<
Hey guys! What are you doing?
wha?
In this video we will try to explain our definition of steampunk.
But before we talk about fashion, we have to understand its literary origins.
Steampunk was born from a subgenre of speculative fiction and science fiction,
specificaly, a variant from cyberpunk.
Which is the contrary to steampunk.
The word steampunk was first used in 1987 by the author K.W. Jeter.
He was looking for a word in order to describe his own works.
"Morlock Night"
"Infernal Devices"
With the works of Tim Powers: "Anubis Gates"
And James Blaylock, "Homunculus"
This works describe a speculative fiction genre, in which steam, and not electricity, drove technological advancements.
Steampunk, however, draws on history, first appearing in the 1800s in the scientific romances of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells.
The -punk bit, in its beginning, doesn't mean an aesthetic fusion, it takes its critic against the society, the same way as cyberpunk.
Steampunk rejects the modern aesthetics: The digital era.
A philosophy that rejects mass production to favor handmade products, made by skilled artists and mechanics.
That is, steampunk creates a new past by the hand of imagination and creativity.
There are another subgenres of steampunk.
Such as Clockpunk, It is similar in many respects, except rather than focusing on steam driven mechanisms,
Clockpunk is featured in Jay Lake's novel, "Mainspring"
Gaslamp Fantasy, also known as Gaslight Romance, is a sub-genre of Steampunk that takes place in the Victorian era.
It differs from pure Steampunk by having less super-science.
Steampunk now extends into fashion, engineering, music, and for some, a lifestyle.
With the Victorian British Empire or American Wild West as the backdrop,
steampunk projects are a challenge of making something elegant out of random things.
Therefore it strongly values handmade items.
A couple of movies that we can recommend, which at least they have a steampunk style.
Are Wild Wild West, and
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Since they take place in the Victorian era or in the wild west (duh)
With steam contraptions and gears, lots of 'em.
In our next video we will teach you how to make a simple steampunk outfit. Don't miss it~!
No! Wait! It's not over yet!
We would like to thank you, and this being our first video, we have a surprise for you!
A new and shiny, 3000 rpm, handgun!
(Made by us!)
What you have to do to enter the raffle,
in order to win this wonderful handgun,
you have to share our video in facebook, and write a comment.
"what do you like most about steampunk"
(raffle only available for Tijuana, Mexico's residents)