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Hacking The Future
Stories for the Flesh Eating '90s

I created much of the artwork that illustrated Arthur and Marilouise Kroker's book "Hacking the Future" (1995).  Hacking the Future was meant to be prophetic, and it was. We were the people of the new millennium.

Leif Harmsen,

Cyber Sex (1995) was my first experiment with pushing the limits of low res digital images. I wouldn't get around to painting any until 1999, and painted my first large canvas in 2004 (collection RJ Fleck) based on this same image that was used to illustrate the Krokers' book.

Leif Harmsen, Glint Chip Eye, published in Hacking the Future, Arthur & Marilouise Kroker                  Leif Harmsen, Branded Flesh, published in Hacking the Future by Arthur & Marilouise Kroker, 1995

The Glint Chip Eye                                                                     Branded Flesh

 

Leif Harmsen, Shopping The GAP, published in Hacking The Future by Arthur & Marilouise Kroker, 1995               Leif Harmsen, The '90s just skated away, 1995

Shopping the GAP                                                                   The '90s Just Skated Away

 

Leif Harmsen, The World Wide Web Self, published in Arthur & Marilouise Kroker's Hacking the Future, 1995

The World Wide Web Self  
This was a fish eye "globe" view of the early (640x480p, 256 color, Netscape 1.0 and Winsock) website I made for the Krokers based on a Jepordy game show board design.  My own website menus, which are primarily visual, now look similar.  Eventually even the corporate world caught up with its iPhone menu.