Steampunk Hands around the World
As I posted earlier this morning at the
Clockworker, there's a great project going on in the internatioal Steampunk community right now!
It's called "Steampunk Hands around the World" and that's basically what it really is ^^
I know, sounds a bit akward, so here's the press release for you to understand, what it's all about:
Just as current day expressions of
steampunk are not limited to the literature where it began, the people
in the steampunk community are not bound to any one geographical region.
Steampunk appears in many forms, and with its popularity, the community
has grown to encompass the world.
The celebration and
sharing of that global association is at the heart of a new project,
Steampunk Hands Around the World, by Kevin Steil, the creator and editor
of steampunk news and information resource website, Airship Ambassador.
With more than three dozen steampunk creators - bloggers, authors,
event organizers, and others - also participating, the month long
project is a multi format media presentation about the international
connections and communications in the community, for steampunks and
non-steampunks alike.
Beginning Sunday, February 2nd, and
continuing until Friday, February 28th, the group will show and share
that steampunks everywhere are linked together and that new friends are
waiting in every conversation.
Steampunk, in its many
forms, brings people together in an inclusive and helpful network of
similar mind. From sharing book and music review opinions, to playing
the newest games and sharing DIY information on fashion and props, the
steampunk community easily and comfortably brings together people ages
eight to eighty in ways not often seen in other communities.
The
full and updated-daily list of participating websites, blogs and events
will be posted in the kick-off blog on the Airship Ambassador blog
site:
For more information, please contact Kevin Steil at Kevin@AirshipAmbassador.com
Allright, that's the idea. At the moment there's a facebook group, where people talk about the organization, get in touch and get prepared for february, the Steampunk Month. So if you want to join in, too (which I highly recommend) just drop Kevin a line.
There are also several German blogs/websites besides the Clockworker joining in such as
Daily Steampunk (who also writes in English),
PhantaNews and
Wohnbu.de (which will post stuff about steampunk living, I'm really looking forward to that!)
Stefan from PhantaNews also designed a greyscale logo, which I like pretty much, too (but I prefer some colour^^):
Well then, what will I do for the Steampunk Month...
I want to start with a review about my Steampunk Year 2013, because as you might have noticed, I haven't blogged a lot last year so I want to take the chance to, well, make up leeway.
In addition to that I want to release some stuff together with
Hildekitten (
website) from Belgium, especially about our experiences working together for several online magazines (her own J-culture magazine
BCM, which also includes a lot of Steampunk, the
Clockworker and of course the
Steampunk Gazette)
We also have some other plans in the making so stay tuned and be curious what will come ;)
(And think about joining in of course!)
