Advanced Studio: Science Fiction

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"There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns." - Octavia E. Butler "As the industrialized world undergoes daily transformations through the application of techno science to every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility." - Istvan Csicsery-Ronay In this course students explore science fiction as expressed across media including film, television, music, contemporary art, literature, comics and games. Students will work in the medium(s) of their choice using the tactics of science fiction to investigate themes and topics including but not limited to: Utopia/Dystopia, Robots and A.I., Extraterrestrial Life, Speculative Design, Afrofuturism, Genomics, Transhumanism, Indigenous Futures, Posthumanism, Ecology, Climate Change, Space Travel, Time Travel and Alternative Histories.