This image I picked up from a Reuters article this morning had me laughing all day. It's from the article found here about a prophesied land and sea hybrid layout for the future of coastal Australia, joined by a monorail system.
I had thought that "retro future" was a long dead art form until now. Glad to see it's still alive and kicking. How hilarious is this image? Firstly it looks like an album cover by some Fat Wreck Chords band. I'm sure you can pluck some kind of political message out of this image with a clever enough album title.
The idea that the sea levels of Australia have risen just enough to form a series of tiny islands - each of which get a singular building - is cute; as is the naivety that further rising tides will not occur. You thought having a first floor apartment was a raw deal in the now-past...
What got me the most though were the Shadow Complex like characters serving landscaping duty. Apparently hedge clipping will be future-task only to be performed by clones with state of the art armor protection.
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