"You stare deeply at the picture on your screen. In the static image, you see grit on the street illuminated in neon. You can imagine being there, beside the cyborg and under the gaze of her shining red eyes. The smirk on her face, and the shattered car behind her suggest a story far beyond what you see in this snapshot of time."

In this section, you will find cyberpunk art and photography inspired by the genre, or displaying the cyberpunk now.

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Harsh Reality: Iain Marcks Distracts From Social Decay With VR Thriller

Harsh Reality, the latest short film by writer-director Iain Marcks and Energeia Films, wants viewers to soothe their anxiety away and grin until depression is a faint memory. Ignoring the world and all that’s wrong with it is easier than ever before thanks to experimental technology, and it looks as unsettling as sounds. Harsh Reality takes […]

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A Brief Overview of ESCAPE CODE for VR; ‘We are here to help’

A fan of awesome mid-80’s/90’s science fiction? Techy-savvy enough to own a VR headset (cheap cardboard’s fine if that’s your thing!)? If so, jack into the net and follow me through the ephemeral wiring, it’s time to watch ESCAPE CODE. Developed by Josh Hassin, Director/Animator of San Diego studio, Look Mister, his latest film is, […]

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Last Week in Cyberpunk 1/27/17

Genetic abominations, creation of biometric databases, and a real fight against draconian copyright law line our dystopian reality this week. Big cyberpunk names like BLAME!, Terminator, and Judge Dredd are prominent in the news this week but don’t miss the other tidbits either, there is great stuff coming down the pipe. Cyberpunk Reality Australia to […]

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‘She was only attached to the limb, after all’: A Review of L0WL1F3 no. 2

I was excited for this one. Very excited. And it’s hard to not be excited when peering into the beautiful cover of the second issue of L0WL1F3, with Luke Molver’s stunning artwork luring the reader in, hook, line, and sinker. A stunning depiction of a digitized native woman embedded with cords, jacks, and matrices. It […]

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Alienation and Government Failure Informs Incorporated’s Future

A couple of interesting things were highlighted in “Downsizing” that tells us how the Incorporated future came about. It starts with Aaron/Ben watching his father jump off a building after giving him a speech about how things were before they became “climate refugees”, how he lost his job , house and how all these things […]

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What does Italian Futurism have to do with Cyberpunk?

Think about an artistic movement that praised the machine, technology, and speculated about the future: that saw in those the beginning of a new era, so to speak, the aesthetics of which would be colorful and neon. It sounds a lot like cyberpunk — doesn’t it? And it’s not entirely unusual to put both side by side, […]

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ReTech – Cyberpunk Reclamation Art

ReTech is an art project run by the artist Asher. All of Asher’s work is accomplished by reclaiming disused, antiquated technology to be repurposed as art. The motto “Ars Ex Machina” is printed on some of his works, and runs rampant through his various social media and web pages. It also describes his work wonderfully. […]

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The Future is Now: An Interview with Josan Gonzalez

Josan Gonzalez is an artist that has exploded onto the science fiction art scene. If you aren’t familiar with his name but are remotely involved with the cyberpunk community, then you’ve seen his art making the circuit. His imagery is inspired and tickles that “High Tech, Low Life” portion of your brain. The level of […]

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Reddit’s ‘Sketch Daily’ Does Cyberpunk

What’s that famous saying? “You wait forever for one cyberpunk-related daily sketch prompt to show up and then along come two at once!” Wait, that’s not it. Regardless, that’s exactly what has happened over at /r/SketchDaily. On March 8th they had ‘Neuromancer‘ as the theme and then the following day it was ‘Futuristic City’. There […]

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