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.
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