784 works

Visual Galleries & Collections

Explore curated series spanning film direction, photography, retro-futurism, cyberpunk, infopunk, and fine art.

Space Sirens

183 works

The alluring heroines of pulp covers, serials and space-age cinema, each set in a real era and genre from NeuraScene's ontology. Three new images a day.

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Siren of the Neon JukeboxArtwork

Siren of the Neon Jukebox

1990s · Pulp Pastiche Cinema

Transponder in the Cul-de-Sac GarageFilm still

Transponder in the Cul-de-Sac Garage

1980s · Suburban Sci-Fi Adventure

Midnight Fueling on the Acid OrbitFilm still

Midnight Fueling on the Acid Orbit

1960s · Psychedelic Exploitation Thriller

Warrant on the Neon DockFilm still

Warrant on the Neon Dock

1970s · Space Opera Revival

Retro Sci-Fi Heroines

120 works

Space princesses, rocket pilots and lady scientists from the silent serials to the Atomic Age, each set in a real era and genre from NeuraScene's ontology and made in that genre's own medium. Three new images a day.

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Astrolabe of the Outer NebulaArtwork

Astrolabe of the Outer Nebula

1950s · Cosmic Abstract Expressionism

Overture on the Selenite StaircaseFilm still

Overture on the Selenite Staircase

1960s · Late-Era Technicolor Musical

The Martian Envoy activates the Sonic TranslatorFilm still

The Martian Envoy activates the Sonic Translator

1950s · Atomic Age Sci-Fi (B&W)

Plotting the Parsec Drift on the Night BridgeFilm still

Plotting the Parsec Drift on the Night Bridge

1960s · Cerebral New Wave Sci-Fi

Eras & Genres

116 works

A daily showcase of NeuraScene's ontology: every era, every genre of photography, film and art, each image made with the cameras, film stocks and artistic media that genre really used. Three new images a day.

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Blackout in the Press Hotel WashroomPhotograph

Blackout in the Press Hotel Washroom

1980s · VHS Embedded Reportage

Breakfast Service in Room ZeroFilm still

Breakfast Service in Room Zero

1920s · Surrealist Comedy

Subterranean Server Rack Check, 1998Photograph

Subterranean Server Rack Check, 1998

1990s · Early Digital Paranoia

Passkey at the End of the HallArtwork

Passkey at the End of the Hall

1950s · Pulp Crime Illustration

Cyberpunk

62 works

High tech and low life: rain-slick neon streets, hackers, street samurai and corporate towers, from 80s tech-noir to now, each set in a real era and genre from NeuraScene's ontology.

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Sub-Level Courier ProtocolFilm still

Sub-Level Courier Protocol

2000s · Bleach Bypass Dystopia

Mycelial Grafting in the Lower SpireArtwork

Mycelial Grafting in the Lower Spire

2020s · Dark Fantasy Biopunk

Evidence in the RainFilm still

Evidence in the Rain

1990s · Cyberpunk Tech-Noir

Cold Immersion in Sub-Level FourFilm still

Cold Immersion in Sub-Level Four

2020s · Contemporary Tech-Noir

Infopunk

62 works

Science fiction in which information itself is the frontier: alien scripts, signals surfacing from noise, loops, simulations and minds made of data, in ordinary, closely observed worlds. Drawn from Bruce R. Long's Informationist SF theory (University of Sydney MPhil, 2010 https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/5838 ) and the infopunk genres of NeuraScene's ontology, from Alphaville and Stalker to Arrival, Annihilation, Source Code and Skyline.

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Eight-Minute Buffer at the Wayside RackPhotograph

Eight-Minute Buffer at the Wayside Rack

2000s · Y2K Server-Room Infopunk Photography

Acoustic Tomography of the Lower HullPhotograph

Acoustic Tomography of the Lower Hull

2010s · Transrealist Infopunk Photography

Symmetry of the Plotter's MindArtwork

Symmetry of the Plotter's Mind

1960s · Cybernetic Serendipity Infopunk Art

Refractive Boundary at Station FourPhotograph

Refractive Boundary at Station Four

1980s · Screen-Glow Infopunk Photography

Gothic

61 works

Candlelit castles, haunted manors, moonlit graveyards and the people who walk them: gothic romance, horror and mystery from the Victorian era to now, each set in a real era and genre from NeuraScene's ontology.

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The UnOpened Letter in the West WingFilm still

The UnOpened Letter in the West Wing

1940s · Gothic Manor Romance

The Stopped Clock in the West GalleryFilm still

The Stopped Clock in the West Gallery

1970s · European Gothic Fantasy

The Uninvited Draught in the West WingPhotograph

The Uninvited Draught in the West Wing

1930s · Universal Studio Gothic

The Sweep Across the Cul-de-SacFilm still

The Sweep Across the Cul-de-Sac

2020s · Suburban Gothic

Art

60 works

Original artworks in every movement and medium of NeuraScene's ontology, from Victorian illustration to digital art, each made with the materials and techniques its movement really used.

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The Last Extraction at Runway FourArtwork

The Last Extraction at Runway Four

1980s · Illustrative Realism (Movie Poster Art)

Ferryman of the Sunken HighwayArtwork

Ferryman of the Sunken Highway

2020s · Guofeng Dark Ink Fantasy

The Botanist's Insomnia on Weathered DriftwoodArtwork

The Botanist's Insomnia on Weathered Driftwood

1920s · Surrealism (Dream Sequence)

Midnight Car Wash in Teal and AmberArtwork

Midnight Car Wash in Teal and Amber

2000s · Y2K Teal & Orange Grade

Film

60 works

Stills from films that never were: every era and genre of cinema in NeuraScene's ontology, each shot with the cameras, lenses and film stocks its makers really used.

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Salvage in the Dead ZoneFilm still

Salvage in the Dead Zone

2010s · YA Dystopian Adventure

Silent Running at Twenty FathomsFilm still

Silent Running at Twenty Fathoms

1950s · Submarine Thriller

Orders at the Khyber OutpostFilm still

Orders at the Khyber Outpost

1930s · North-West Frontier Tale

Ignition on the Upper DeckFilm still

Ignition on the Upper Deck

1990s · Slick Anamorphic Spectacle

Photography

60 works

Photographs from every tradition and era in NeuraScene's ontology, each made with the cameras, lenses and film or sensors its photographers really used.

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Hydrometer Readings at the Municipal ReservoirPhotograph

Hydrometer Readings at the Municipal Reservoir

1940s · Early Kodachrome Realism

Matron of the Velvet RopePhotograph

Matron of the Velvet Rope

1970s · Disco Glamour Portraiture

Mirage at the Caliche WashPhotograph

Mirage at the Caliche Wash

1960s · Acid Western Photography

Sequins and Macrame Under the SpotlightPhotograph

Sequins and Macrame Under the Spotlight

1970s · Glam Rock Theatricality