Philosophy

"Aniara" (2018, Sweden) is a cinematic masterpiece, an insightful and philosophical science fiction film, an adaptation of the epic poetry cantos of the same name (from 1956) by Swedish poet and Nobel laureate Harry Martinsson. Eden Kupermintz and Uri Aviv from Utopia interview creators Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja

Čapek’s Scifi vision reflects the politics of his turbulent time and we're experiencing the fallout of those violent upheavals to this day.

Robophobia or ‘fear of robots’ is a modern incarnation of the ancient fear of the next generation, fear of our own descendants. It can teach us much about our relationship with technology, the means of production, and the act of creation.

Cyborg in search of a heart appeared in the famous masterpiece from the early 20th century - a flashing red light that we have all missed in the last hundred and twenty years