Friday 22 March 2013

Welcome to the Department of Things to Come!



The Department of Things to Come is a research group formed to study the intersections of visual culture and text in science fiction. In addition to our focus on the presence of science fiction in modern and contemporary art and the presence of art within science fiction texts and publications, the DTC is also aiming to experiment with new forms of publication that can provide new means of connecting critical writing, creative writing and visual culture in science fiction.



We are interested in finding innovative ways to work together to produce publications that, like the SF magazines of the past, bring together creative and critical work in both writing and art. In so doing the DTC will investigate new research methods, focusing on collaborative and genuinely cross-disciplinary work in order to generate new forms, new knowledge and new intersections between science fiction and visuality.

  

The DTC will instigate collaborative projects, bringing together theorists and practitioners from different fields and practices ranging from literary criticism to art theory, and from creative practice in both art and design to both computer science and the digital humanities. We aim to test the limits of disciplinary and technological boundaries, while establishing strong links across universities, galleries, museums and publishing. In so doing, we will form a network of creative partnerships to facilitate researchers to produce collective work, including co-authored critical and creative outputs.


This blog will be a space for news about our activities, contributors and research.

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