«More generally, science fiction as a genre does not claim to actually predict the future. Rather, it works to extrapolate elements of the present, to consider what these elements might lead to if allowed to reach their full potential. That is to say, science fiction is not about the actual future but about the futurity that haunts the present.» (Steven Shaviro)

Science Fiction, Speculative Fabulation, Situated Futures – structural facts. So far.

Star Magnolia. Der Versuch, den dritten Teil der nie vollendeten Parabeln von Octavia E. Butler weiterzuschreiben, spekulativ zu fabulieren, von einer möglichen Welt zu träumen, die nicht erfunden und fiktiv für die Bühne war, sondern Teil des Probenprozesses – ethics and practices of care. Und auch mit einem Team zusammenzuarbeiten, das in jeglicher Hinsicht divers ist. Der Regisseur des Abends Jeremy Nedd sagte dazu im Gespräch: «This crew is us, a cool group of people. This crew is, I hope, a reflection of a society that Miss Butler portrays in her novels. I would call this ‹crew› rather an assemblage of bodies or a diverse group of people, leaning towards a PoC representation. They represent all the bodies that wouldn’t necessarily have a place in a sci-fi...