THE WAY THE FUTURE WAS
CRITICAL LECTURE SERIES
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 | 7PM
LOCATION: WhiteBox, 329 Broome Street
This panel discussion is inspired by “The Way the Future Was”, the autobiography of Frederik Pohl, one of most influential Science Fiction writers of the 20th century. The book covers the years 1920-1979, the history of science fiction, and Frederik Pohl’s science fiction fandom.
Today’s reality is the Science Fiction of the past.
Guests Panelists
Andrey Blokhin//Recycle Group
Ekaterina Shcherbakova
Igor Molochevski
Alexandra Dementieva
& Surprise Guest
Andrey Blokhin is an artist. In 2006 together with Georgy Kuznetsov he formed an art collective Recycle group. Since 2008 the artists have regularly participated in various group shows in Russia, France, Italy, Great Britain, USA and Belgium. In 2010 they won Kandinsky Prize in the nomination “Young Artist” for their Reverse project. In 2012 Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow hosted their grand personal show « Paradise Network ». Recycle Group participated in the group exhibitions in the programme of the Venice Biennale in 2011 and 2013, and presented their solo project « Conversion » in 2015. Their public art works were shown on the the façade of Grand Palais in Paris, the façade of London School of Economics and Leadenhall Market in London. Works by Recycle Group are part of the public collections of Glasstress, Royal Museum of Scotland, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow and many other museums. Recycle group is presented by Richard Taittinger gallery in New York, Gazelli Art House in London, Suzanne Tarasieve gallery in Paris and Triumph gallery in Moscow.
Alexandra Dementieva spent much of her childhood with her grandfather Eugene Volkov, a biochemist, who instilled in her a love of science. She graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 1985. Her artistic career began in 1984 when she originally practiced painting and drawing. In 1990 she moved to Belgium and began experimenting with Amiga 2000, Macintosh, PC computers and videocamera Hi8. She was interested in anthropology and psychology, particularly in behaviorism, which led her to create an interactive environment. She graduated from Academy of Fine arts Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels. In 1999 she became one of the co-founders of IMAL (Interactive Media Art Laboratory) in Brussels.
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