With the highlight exhibition Science Fiction(s), the Weltmuseum Wien presents speculative narratives for the future. With installations, paintings and films, the show looks at various ideas of the future.
How do we shape a future worth living with and for all? Science Fiction(s) presents voices that are often excluded from Hollywood’s narratives about the future. Works by around twenty contemporary artists highlight different strategies for using science fiction as a tool for critiquing the present, creating alternative futures, healing and decolonisation. The science fiction film architects KAWA (current film: Rubikon) have created an exciting architectural environment in which the paintings, installations, museum objects, films, and games present the visions of artists and activists and invite visitors to immerse themselves in these different worlds.
Weltmuseum Wien
The Weltmuseum Wien offers insights into cultural diversity, indigenous knowledge, and traditional craftsmanship, encouraging reflection on sustainability as well as the historical and colonial contexts behind many of its collection objects – including how they were acquired in colonial settings and the power dynamics involved.
Science Fiction(s) - If there were a tomorrow
30 Mar 2023 - 9 Jan 2024
Weltmuseum Wien, Heldenplatz, Wien, Österreich
Cara Romero, The Zenith, 2022, Photograph. Printed by the artist on Legacy Platine paper © Cara Romero
