I've organized a conference on science fiction and translation at
It begins on Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:30pm (CET)
Keynote by #LisaYaszek
Readings by #TedChiang and
Art panel with and
Links & programme ifk.ac.at/index.php/kale
Conversation
Some reading tips:
1. 'The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin' (2018) edited by #LisaYaszek
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/577202/t
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2. 'Exhalation' (2019) by Ted Chiang
knopfdoubleday.com/2019/04/11/exh
['The Great Silence', p. 231]
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3. 'Afterland' (2020) by
Three years after a virus wiped out 99% of the men on earth, a mother and son are on the run . . .
penguin.co.uk/books/289/2890
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4. 'Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century' (2020) edited by Isiah Lavender III and Lisa Yaszek
ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9
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5. 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft
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6. 'Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions' (2005) by Fredric Jameson
[After many years still one of my favourites...]
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A prelibation of our art panel
1. 'Improvised Shanty Mega-structures' (2015) by Nigerian-born, Brooklyn-based artist and designer Olalekan Jeyifous []
vigilism.com/filter/Drawing
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2. Fragments of 'Nightscapes: Johannesburg' (2014-2019) by , an ongoing series that explores Jo'burg at night—the result of many years, cold nights, constant explorations, conversations with a complicated, mysterious, multi-layered city behance.net/gallery/669279
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