Coded Matter(s) continues in September with the second stage of the Worldbuilding trilogy. Join us for Terra Fiction on Thursday September 27 at Brakke Grond.
The idea of terraformation was once the domain of writers and artists. We’re entering a new space race to colonise and terraform the universe. Silicon Valley companies like SpaceX, Google and Planetary Resources are in the front seat. As we edge closer towards inevitable environmental collapse these big tech companies are scrambling to colonise new habitable worlds on distant planets. By shooting a cherry-red Tesla car into space, they shape the future narrative of man in space. But what are we leaving behind on Earth? If today’s technological leaps aren’t improving our natural environments than what legacy will we inherit in worlds abroad?
At Coded Matter(s): Terra Fiction FIBER and De Brakke Grond invite speakers working in the fields of art, literature, science, design and digital culture to reassess man’s future relationship with the earth and the cosmos.
Event & Ticket details: CODEDMATTERS.NL
September 27, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
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Terra Fiction is the second instalment of FIBER’s ongoing Coded Matter(s): Worldbuilding project. These lecture events question the design of contemporary world visions and technological narratives, which are contributing to greater socio-economic inequality and environmental destruction.
This edition is supported by the Creative Industry Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Art, The New Institute, De Waag, Border Sessions.
Image: WIRED
