Architecture and Science-Fiction Film
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris
Androids Dream
architectural theory
Astounding Science Fiction
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Blade Runner
Bob Arctor
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cinematic representations of home
corbusier
cultural alienation
darkly
Deckard's Apartment
Deckard’s Apartment
Dick's Story
dicks
Dick’s Story
Dirty Home
domestic space analysis
electric
Electric Sheep
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Fly Orchid
Frontier Hero
identity and built environment
Incredible Shrinking Man
Le Corbusier
Minority Report
OED Definition
postfuturism perspectives
Postmodern Sf
Ralph 124C41
recall
Reyner Banham
runner
scanner
science fiction studies
Sebastian's Apartment
Sebastian’s Apartment
Sf Author
Sf Film
Sf Genre
sheep
Star Trek Iv
total
Total Recall
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9781409407485
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 May 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The home is one of our most enduring human paradoxes and is brought to light tellingly in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However, while similarities and crossovers between architecture and SF have proliferated throughout the past century, the home is often overshadowed by the spectacle of 'otherness'. The study of the familiar (home) within the alien (SF) creates a unique cultural lens through which to reflect on our current architectural condition. SF has always been linked with alienation; however, the conditions of such alienation, and hence notions of home, have evidently changed. There is often a perceived comprehension of the familiar that atrophies the inquisitive and interpretive processes commonly activated when confronting the unfamiliar. Thus, by utilizing the estranging qualities of SF to look at a concept inherently linked to its perceived opposite - the home - a unique critical analysis with particular relevance for contemporary architecture is made possible.
Dr David T. Fortin is an Assistant Professor at Montana State University School of Architecture, USA.
