[sudo-discuss] Design Fiction > have we thought about creating our ideal vision of the future with film?

[Romy Ilano]

I saw some design fiction films at at the SF Critical Design and Imagined
Futures meetup.
I'm wondering, have any SudoRoom filmmakers or others at the Omni created
any design fiction films?

It would be cool to show films with:

   - worker collectives
   -  a world where people barter/contribute through time banks instead of
   heavily  capitalist systems
   - a kind of imaginary world where there is affordable housing provided
   for all and people do not face eviction / housing shortages and live in
   yurts


If we have a party maybe it would be cool to try to do a design fiction
film with one of these speculative idealized futures. =D

https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/design-fiction

Sparking imagination and discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical
implications of new technologies through design and storytelling.

Sample Projects


   -
   - Im)possible Baby
   Ai Hasegawa, Sputniko! and Asako Makimura

   Delivering a baby from same-sex parents is not a sci-fi dream
   anymore–recent developments in genetics and stem cell research have made
   this dream much closer to reality. Is creating a baby from same-sex parents
   the right thing to do? Who has the right to decide this, and how? This
   project explores the bioethics of producing babies for same-sex couples. In
   the first phase, DNA data will be simulated to visualize the "potential
   baby." The project will then explore creating partial organs of the
   "potential baby" over the next few years. You have the right to know,
   think, and raise your voice about whether this dream becomes a reality–not
   just the authorities and researchers.
   view site <http://aihasegawa.info/?works=impossible-baby>
   - CremateBot: Transform, Reborn, Free
   Sputniko! and Dan Chen

   CremateBot is an apparatus that takes in human-body samples—such as
   fingernails, hair, or dead skin—and turns them into ashes through the
   cremation process. The process of converting human remains to ashes becomes
   a critical experience for observers, causing witnesses to question their
   sense of existence and physical self through the conversion process.
   CremateBot transforms our physical self and celebrates our rebirth through
   self-regeneration. The transformation and rebirth open our imagination to
   go beyond our physical self and cross the span of time. Similar to Theseus'
   paradox, the dead human cells—which at one point were considered part of
   our physical selves and helped to define our sense of existence—are
   continually replaced with newly generated cells. With recent advancements
   in implants, biomechatronics, and bioengineered organs, how we define
   ourselves is increasingly blurred.
   view site <http://www.pixedge.com/crematebot>
   - Crowbot Jenny
   Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki)

   Crowbot Jenny, inspired by Donna Haraway’s philosophical memoir When
   Species Meet (2007), is a solitary girl who, despite her generation’s
   tendency toward communication overload, has trouble relating to her peers.
   In fact, Crowbot Jenny prefers to talk with animals and develops the
   Crowbot, an instrument that replicates a range of crow calls, to commune
   with her army of birds. Sputniko! talked with various crow specialists from
   University of Cambridge (UK), University of Utsunomiya (Japan), and
   University of Tokyo (Japan) who also provided her with sample crow
   calls—such as "Hello," "I'm in danger," "I love you!" or "Where is my
   Child!?"—which she installed inside Crowbot.


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Romy Ilano
romy at snowyla.com
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