Interrogating the Future
Virtural Futures presents Near-Future Fictions on the theme of 'Interrogating the Future.'
How can we develop an alternative discourse to the evangelisation of technology by the tech-elite? Hear stories that comment on technology, science and the future in a ways that both inspires and capture the imagination. In the words of Frederick Pohl, “A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”
Join us for an evening that incorporates original reading, performance and live art as Virtual Futures continues its mission to to reassert the significance of science fiction as a tool for navigating the increasing technologization of society and culture.
Authors
Christine Aicardi, Senior Research Fellow, Human Brain Project Foresight Lab, King’s College London
Christopher Butera, Graduate, University of London’s Creative Writing and Publishing MA
Nicola Fawcett, Clinical Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Jane Norris, Royal College of Art, Design Writer
Stephen Oram, Science Fiction Author
Jule Owen, Science Fiction Author & Technology Consultant
Sitraka Rakotoniaina, Very Very Far Away (VVFA)
Britta Friederike Schulte, PhD Computer Science, University College London
Rohit Sharma, MA Visual Culture, London College of Communications
Vaughan Stanger, Science Fiction Author
Ian Steadman, Science Fiction Author
A. Umbra, Unknown
Jamie Watt, Events Organiser, Ronnie Scotts
(Listed in alphabetical order by last name.)