BARBICAN X INTO THE UNKNOWN
2017-07-17This Summer The Barbican hosts the immense exhibition, Into The Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction.
With work from national archives, major and private collections, film studios, over 200 books, original manuscripts, film and TV clips, featuring rare, unseen footage, pulp magazines, adverts, concept art, props, comics and video games, as well as both newly commissioned and existing contemporary artworks this exhibition “is a journey of science fiction through different chapters. Extraordinary voyages, space odysseys, final frontiers, how we actually map the world, explore it, under the sea and into the earth,” says Patrick Gyger, the curator.
Key icons of Sci-Fi were present with some highlights from the exhibition including sensational props and models from Interstellar, Alien and First Men in the Moon, inspiring texts such as Margaret Attwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange and William Burroughs’s Nova Express and astonishing models including TARS from Interstellar and a 3D model of Sonny from I-Robot.
As Sci-Fi has seen resurgence in recent years through popular television series such as Black Mirror and Stranger Things, as leading films such as Star Wars still fill up cinemas all around the world, and as the boundaries of science and technology are explored and pushed even further, it’s clear that the genre is as loved as ever. This major exhibition is a vast exploration of one of the most celebrated genres that will impress and amaze.
Words & Photography Lo Harley
Exhibition runs through to September 1st, 2017
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
