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Monday, January 24, 2011

City / Character Study This Is What A Seattle Steampunk Exhibition Looks Like

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:36 PM

This past weekend, Seattle's Center for Sex Positive Culture hosted The Steampunk Exhibition Ball at the Museum of History & Industry. Here are the pictures. More after the jump!

Suzi Pratt

All photos by Suzi Pratt. Mildly NSFW.

All photos by Suzi Pratt

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Cool

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 24, 2011 at 5:18 PM

Hey, I recognize that guy with the rope! I honestly had no clue there was a steampunk/fetish connection, except maybe the long way 'round thru burlesque, but I guess it makes sense. Neat.

Posted by SeaExile on January 24, 2011 at 5:34 PM

When can we declare steampunk dead? Seems like that day is overdue, though the Northwest is always the last to let stupid fashion trends go. Utilikilts, anyone?

Posted by Free Lunch on January 24, 2011 at 5:40 PM

It beats those guys in armor and wooden swords hacking away at each other over at Gas Works.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on January 24, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Steampunk needs to die already. It's pathetic.

Posted by Steampunk is the new LARP on January 24, 2011 at 6:27 PM

Barf.

Posted by Rotten666 on January 24, 2011 at 6:28 PM

what a surprise! fat people are into this!

Posted by enough already on January 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM

Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow?

Posted by JF on January 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM

So... the usual.

Posted by Wicked Virgin

on January 24, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Oh look! Cynical hipsters posting on the internet! How odd for this town.

Posted by Fuck Cap Hill on January 24, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Gay 'nineties, goggles, done. Do they do Dickensian caroling @ Xmas?

Posted by thatsnotright on January 24, 2011 at 8:37 PM

I was just discussing steampunk "fashion" the other night at...you guessed it : Grim's. My conclusion is that steampunk is a very temporary...um, movement that lacks the long term staying power and dorky charm of goth or cosplay/anime/etc. It belongs in lower-tier nerdism along with LARPing.

Posted by tournant on January 24, 2011 at 8:39 PM

fat goth.

Posted by cheese burger on January 24, 2011 at 8:52 PM

I have no idea how steampunk and perverts became an item, but good on them for putting on what looks like a real fun party.

Posted by Greg on January 24, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Some people have too much time on their hands.

Posted by Madashell on January 24, 2011 at 9:20 PM

eyepatch has perhaps the most amazing body I've ever seen in a non-airbrushed photo.

Posted by MLP on January 24, 2011 at 9:21 PM

@8:

I believe "Sky Captain" would fall more under the rubric of Dieselpunk, which is more of a early-to-mid 20th Century sub-genre.

Posted by COMTE

on January 24, 2011 at 10:47 PM

Hey, how did the skinny dude sneak in there?

Posted by lardpunk on January 25, 2011 at 12:39 AM

The final word on steampunk as far as I'm concerned:
http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/04/07/strip…

Posted by BostonFontSnob on January 25, 2011 at 7:55 AM

I was going to look into this a little deeper, but then I saw that somebody on the internet is too cool for steampunk! We should track the people in these photos down and tell them to stop having weird fun on their own time. Too bad, it looks like they're smart, happy, creative, scientifically-bent, and getting laid A LOT.

Posted by A Portlander on January 25, 2011 at 9:43 AM

BostonFont: Awesomeness.

Myself, I know that as a geek I should be supportive of these folks' good time. However, I find the whole thing immensely irritating.

Posted by leek on January 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM

@20-
who cares? they are still horribly embarrassing to our city.

OH WAIT- I just read your name!

never mind.

Posted by keep PORTLAND "weird"! please. on January 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM

When nerds try to be hipper-than-thou it's really pathetic.

Posted by dwight moody on January 25, 2011 at 10:39 AM

Why does everyone think goggle are a necessity?
On top of your top hat? serious overkill.

Posted by coolio on January 25, 2011 at 11:19 AM

I agree its kind of lame. What bothers me is that they keep thinking they are a legitimate movement. Uhh....no. There is nothing "punk" about it.

Posted by lll on January 25, 2011 at 12:26 PM

The fact that you hate it tells me I'm doing it right. Thanks all!

Posted by Objet de la Haine on January 25, 2011 at 1:05 PM

For those curious: yes there are a lot of kinky people into steampunk. It's costumes & corsets & protocol; think about it.

For the haters: thank-you for staying home trolling the internet and not coming to our party.

Posted by rummy42 on January 25, 2011 at 1:42 PM

"When can we declare steampunk dead? Seems like that day is overdue, though the Northwest is always the last to let stupid fashion trends go. Utilikilts, anyone? "

"I was just discussing steampunk "fashion" the other night at...you guessed it : Grim's. My conclusion is that steampunk is a very temporary...um, movement that lacks the long term staying power and dorky charm of goth or cosplay/anime/etc. It belongs in lower-tier nerdism along with LARPing. "

Steampunk has been around since around the 50's and spans over different US states as well as different countries. Also, just because you want it to be dead doesn't change the fact that's it's not going away anytime soon.

Posted by Seraphia on January 25, 2011 at 3:21 PM

What amuses me most is the haters' spew in The Stranger's comments section when there have been no less than ten Stranger articles on Steampunk and two Steampunk-related Strangercrombie auctions *in just the last two months*.

Dead? Hardly. Ironic? As hell.

Posted by Objet de la Haine on January 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM

What amuses me most is the haters' spew in The Stranger's comments section, when there have been no less than ten Stranger articles on Steampunk and two Steampunk-related Strangercrombie auctions *in just the last two months*.

Dead? Hardly. Ironic? As hell.

Posted by Objet de la Haine on January 25, 2011 at 4:29 PM

I thought eye patches were for pirates?

Posted by Not another main event on February 4, 2011 at 2:49 PM

It was fun. I can't imagine what provokes those who are not interested to bother commenting.

Posted by Spiral Silverfire on February 4, 2011 at 5:16 PM