A breathtaking sci-fi exhibition “Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction” will remain on display at the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens (107-109 Syngrou, tel 210.900.5800, www.sgt.gr) through January 14.
The exhibition begins with the section “Extraordinary Voyages” and the different worlds that have been imagined by writers throughout the ages – from the writings of Jules Verne, to “Gulliver’s Travels” to “Jurassic Park.”
Then you can take a tour of “Space Odysseys,” visiting the familiar-to-many universes of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Interstellar.”
“Brave New Worlds” offers visions of the future – societies and cityscapes, dystopian and not – such as in the worlds of “Metropolis,” “1984,” “The Hunger Games,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and others.
Cyborgs, robots and forms of artificial intelligence such as the Terminator, TARS from “Interstellar” and Sonny from “I, Robot” – at times humanity’s allies, at others its enemies – are the focus of “Final Frontiers,” a section exploring questions of human identity and transformation, augmentation and mutation.
The show features a total of 800 exhibits, some of which are rare and valuable, such as the Harkonnen Capo chair which was created for the film “Dune” by H.R. Giger, who was also part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for design work on the film “Alien,” and sketches by the artist and special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, who became widely known for creating the Earth-attacking monster in the 1957 film “20 Million Miles to Earth.”
While there is wide consumption of science-fiction books and films in Greece, few such works are created here. “On the contrary, it is minimal, and not just in comparison with the USA or Northern Europe, but even with other Balkan countries which produced many such works from the 1950s until the 80s. The audience is sophisticated but few works have been produced – a fact which continues today despite the explosion we are seeing in comic books,” says Thanasis Moutsopoulos, a professor of art history at the Technical University of Crete who will be participating in panel discussions about science fiction in Greece in the context of the exhibition.
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Source: ekathimerini.com
