Making Worlds

Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 9 December 2018, 4.30 pm, diffrakt | centre for theoretical periphery

Two days of screenings, performances and conversations with
Monika Czyżyk | Henna-Riikka Halonen | Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta | Tuomas A. Laitinen | Bjørn Melhus | Almagul Menlibayeva | Jaakko Pallasvuo | Ming Wong

Curated by
Isabel de Sena

Building on the observation that discourse on science fiction revolves predominantly around film and literature while the strong tendency in contemporary art to engage with this genre remains underexplored, this event aims to examine and shed light on some of the varying ways in which artists use SF elements today. It thereby investigates how artists make worlds, what they seek in doing so, and how this becomes relevant as “a means through which to preprogram the present” (William Gibson).

Schedule

Saturday, 8 December 2018
16.30 Welcome
16.45 SCREENING: Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta
17.15 SCREENING and Q&A with Monika Czyżyk
*BREAK (with snacks & drinks)*
19.00 SCREENING and Q&A with Almagul Menlibayeva
20.00 PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Ming Wong

Sunday, 9 December 2018
16.30 Welcome
16.45 SCREENING & LECTURE (artistic research): Henna-Riikka Halonen
17.45 SCREENING: Jaakko Pallasvuo
*BREAK (with snacks & drinks)*
18.45 PERFORMATIVE SCREENING and Q&A with Tuomas A. Laitinen
19.45 PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Bjørn Melhus

Artist bios.

With the generous support of