Science Fiction minus Fiction Futures
Symbiotic Robotics ( robots as a species)
Utrechtse Boekenbar Westerkade 2, Utrecht, NetherlandsNo longer purely figures in science fiction, robots make up a progressively larger part of society due to developments in artificial intelligence. As we guide ourselves through our evolving relationships with robots assisting us in a diverse range of disciplines, such as well-being, health, and sex, we form our own ideas about what human-machine [...]
Cli-Fi Narratives -Telling you NOW
Utrechtse Boekenbar Westerkade 2, Utrecht, NetherlandsOften going beyond the standard discourse, climate fiction depicts alternative scenario’s to climate change. For example, in Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, a team of scientists explore the expanding ‘Area X’ to document its mutated flora and fauna, causing us to wonder how species will adapt to climate change. Not only confronting us with how [...]
Time-Tales: Traveling in and through time (online event)
Online ZoomWe are all time travellers. In each moment, we visit the next point in time. Triggered by scents, sounds and sensations, we travel to the past while we relive a memory. Science fiction includes many time traveling tales. For example, iconic novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut illustrates how our perception of time affects our [...]
Anticipated Futures – On Post-Apocalyptic Living
Online ZoomWhat do you think the end of the world would look like? Stories about the apocalypse and post-apocalyptic living have been popular across time and space, such as zombie novel World War Z by Max Brooks and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, which involves a flu pandemic. We use it to escape [...]