#synthwave
#synthwave
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Small Radios, Big Televisions leans heavily into the contemporary digital aesthetic, taking several popular trends and exaggerating them until they’re blown out. Tilt shift blur gives its structures the presence of a diorama and chromatic abberation blows out its edges into distorted colors. The buildings themselves are stark, with strong edges and geometry that owes a lot to the low-poly movement. The colors are heavy on the saturation, with an emphasis primary colors, flat and artificial. Its exteriors give a sense of being manufactured, purpose built, with little texture other than those of the distortions brought upon by the photographic effects of the post-processing.
The artificiality begins to break down in its interiors, where machinery sits alongside graffiti and painted graphic work. Go a little further, play a little in its corridors, and you’ll find a set of tapes. These are the real interiors of Small Radios.