[ISEA2013] Panel: Amelia Barikin – Making Worlds in Art and Science Fiction

Panel Statement

Panel: Assimilate This… Science Fiction and Media Art

Key Words: Contemporary Art, Science Fiction, World Making, Nelson Goodman, Mondialisation

Why do some artists make worlds while others make works? This article considers the renewed attention to world-making as a key trope in contemporary artistic practice in relation to the world-making tactics of science fiction. Nelson Goodman’s 1978 book Ways of Worldmaking provides the entry point for this enquiry.

  • Dr Amelia Barikin, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia

Full text (PDF) p. 355-357