As technology advances, the gap between science -
fiction and reality closes.
Not exact matches
I really like speculative science
fiction,
and the book is
close enough to now to have some
reality to it — it's about environmental disasters.
When, we tend to use the word «
fiction», we are pulling ourselves away from the actual ground of
reality and pushing ourselves
closer to the non-realistic world of imaginations.
Now, this is somewhat changing in 2000 +, due to advances in technology (hyperspeed capable missiles pose credible threat to aircraft carries; space bourne weapons platforms are somewhat
closer to
reality than science
fiction)
and economics (China finally industrialized; developed better economy;
and developed, bought
and stole enough technology to place it on a better level).
It's the stuff of science
fiction: robots that can hunt down
and kill humans, powerful lasers that can destroy targets without leaving a trace,
and a weapon that can supposedly knock you down without even touching you — all of these,
and more, came one step
closer to
reality in 2008.
IT IS not every day that a piece of science
fiction takes a step
closer to nuts -
and - bolts
reality.
Dealing in Gilderoy's mental collapse
and corruption rather than a physical threat, it is perhaps
closest to a David Lynch film, with a strangling claustrophobia
and playful approach to time
and space,
reality and fiction.
In doing so, Black Panther gives blockbuster science
fiction its new vocation: a grounded
and inclusive reflection of
reality that isn't
closed off by mass spectacle, but instead — in the tradition of Afrofuturism — allows for radical reimaginings of both the past
and the future.
As technology pushes forward, tales of science
fiction — Martian colonies
and deep - space travel come
closer to
reality.
Displays that appear right in front of your eyeballs is a popular trope in science
fiction,
and thanks to new developments in microsystems technology, those displays are one giant leap
closer to becoming a
reality.
Viewers are invited to enter the greenhouse sculpture
and inspect the plants up
close while immersed in a fantastical landscape of
fiction and reality.
Still, «technology» is a broad medium
and in this show it encompasses video, manufacture, photography
and materials
and the work challenges tropes with fresh perspectives of landscape that take a
close look at the space between
reality and fiction.
The artists are savvy readers of our current social
reality and imply that the dystopian
fiction in Black Mirror is
closer than we think.
Designed in
close collaboration with the artist, this book includes a selection of works that address the blurred boundaries between
reality and fiction,
and the everyday... go to book page >>