The absurdity of the scene can’t have escaped everyone in the room. There we all were, watching a deeply theoretical and philosophical discussion about 21st…
It’s a cold, crisp December morning and my anticipation grows as I reach my destination. The seagulls are squawking, the blue tits are hopping, but…
When it comes to having your ribs rattled by low frequency sine waves blasted through subwoofers, some people are clearly more comfortable with the experience…
Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of over 30 years’ worth of essays, talks and articles by William Gibson, wherein the author uses current commentary…
Artist Christine Niehoff has long been inspired by both science and science fiction. She chats to us about a first-hand experience with nuclear disaster and…
In 1997, Edward Burtynsky had an epiphany. The creation and perpetuation of civilisation as we know it is largely thanks to one precious commodity: oil….
Despite (and arguably because of) all the pondering and researching, we are today perhaps further than ever from the answer to that short but poignant…
You wake up in the future, you’re not sure exactly what year. A noise from your smartphone wakes you – an alarm, you assume. Actually…
There’s no drowned worlds, nanotech buildings or interplanetary exploration in Jessie Lamb’s life. It’s unmistakably, mundanely British, but for one small yet important detail. Set…
Say what you like about Lars von Trier, but forgettable he ain’t. I remember the first von Trier film I saw: The Idiots, back…