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 is one of the world’s prime ethnographic museums. It shows a culturally diverse array of content, stories, and ways of living in an entertaining way with unique cultural treasures from all over the globe. Highlights include ancient Mexican feather headdresses, the collection of James Cook, and objects from 19th-century expeditions.
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
