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by The Transitional State of Mechanocracy. . 82 reads.

Arts & Culture of Mechanocracy


Flags
Mechanocracy has had various flags throughout its existence. Some of these flags were limited to very short periods and are not included as canonical flags.

Antecedent to the Confederation Flag
c. June 2022 – Sept 2022



The first flag of Mechanocracy, introducing the diagonal split field of blue and white.

Flag of the Confederation
c. Oct 2022 – April 2023


The primary canonical flag of the Confederation of Mechanocracy. The center armorial is based on a render of a robotic eye in a scene with multiple point light sources. Rendered here as an .SVG to service Season 3 of NationState's card feature.

Photoelectric Woods
c. July – September 2023

Meant to integrate Mechanocracy better into the natural landscape of Concord. The blue field contains a modified photograph that was under public domain from the USGS.

Artificial Light
c. November 2023 – June 2024


Commerates the passage of Repeal: “Star Gazing Day”. The blue field contains an woodprint illustration that was reproduced in Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century, originally from Hippolyte Fontaine's Éclairage A l'Électricité, commissioned from the illustrators Bonnafoux, Chauvet, and Jahandier.

Liberation from the Dark
c. August 2024 – 13 April 2025


Made following finishing reading Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century, featuring an illustration from French magazine L'Illustration, edition 1881, which was made by the engraver Louis Poyet, portraying a costume made by inventor/designer Gustave Trouvé.

Transitional State
13 April 2025 – Present

A flag to represent Mechanocracy after its former leader, Margh0t Ostenten L13enfewld, was deposed, and a transitional republic was installed.

Banners
Irises of Noise: Made with random noise filtered with edge detection, and then a kaleidoscope effect after it.



The Luminary Crystals: Kaleidoscope effect, hue shifting, experimenting, fun!


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