Just a quick Friday afternoon post about something that’s on my mind. You may have noticed that our current decade (the noughties) has seen a revival of interest in the eighties. You can see it in fashion, music, graphics, even in politics. It can’t all be due to the Bangles re-forming for their 2000 tour. Since then we have seen Rick rolling, the return of the Hoff and retro computer games. I mean, you can buy hypercolour t-shirts again. Current local bands like Van She use analogue synthesizers as an ironic homage to the 1980s. It was great to see the Presets at the 2008 ARIA awards, self-professed synth nerds who are so into the 80s.
We want to include in our 80s exhibition references to the 80s revival. What items should we display?
