"Is There Anybody Out There?
"Introducing to you out there, my name is Gregor Sedlag, conceptioneer of c-base e. V. and having initiated the upcoming first PHUTURAMA – Sub-conference on Speculative, Fictitious and Futuristic Art and Design [1] at this year’s FUTURITY NOW! transmediale.10 festival for art and digital culture berlin.
"By the kind help of the transmediale artistic director Stephen Kovats and his team [2], we can give a preliminary test-run to the idea of an interdisciplinary round-table meeting for Science Fiction designers, artists, theorists and activists. It perfectly matches in the framework of such a well-established festival and conference environment like the transmediale is with its paradigmatic 2010 tagline “futurity now!”
"Many thanks go to macrone [3] for setting up this website and also heavily contributing to this year’s c-base transmediale.10 Partner Event PHUTURITY NOW! [4]
"You are all invited to c-base – the spacestation underneath Berlin-Mitte – to join our PHUTURAMA Lounge [4] on Thursday, February 4 from 20:00 on. It is a day after the ‘official’ PHUTURAMA session at the transmediale.10 Salon Talks in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Despite the fact that not everyone of the speakers will have the opportunity to attend the PHUTURAMA Lounge, I am quite confident that a fair share of participants and vistitors will show up on board to discuss the PHUTURAMA topics and intensify their knowledge on this particular issue.
"In forecast of the very event this blog will provide some news, thoughts and stories around PHUTURAMA, especially on the distinguished list of participants I am very proud of. Thank you so much Herbert W. Franke, Christian Heller, Michael Khaimzom, Holger Logemann, Oliver Handlos, Neven Dološ, Alan N. Shapiro and Sandro Gaycken."
