A Methodological Playground: Fictional Worlds and Thought Experiments | Speculative Everything book club

Join us for a thought-provoking session exploring Chapter 5 of Speculative Everything, a pivotal book in speculative design that challenges the notion of design as merely a solution-based practice, and instead, imagines alternative scenarios!

📖 What to Expect:
Each week on Monday, we’ll delve into a chapter from Speculative Everything, using the book as a catalyst for discussion, collective exploration, and creative experimentation. This week, our focus is on Chapter 5: A Methodological Playground: Fictional Worlds and Thought Experiments.

The reading group will lead to a collaborative public showcase, showcasing works inspired by our discussions. The exhibition may include installations, speculative objects, design fictions, research artifacts, performances, publications, or other creative experiments that visualize alternative futures.

✨ Participation Notes:
You don’t have to attend every session to be a part of the book club. Each chapter is self-contained, so feel free to jump in for the topics that pique your interest the most!
However, consistent attendance will enhance your involvement in shaping the exhibition and collective projects.

🔍 Who Should Join:
Whether you're an artist, designer, technologist, researcher, writer, futurist, or simply curious about alternative possibilities, this series provides a valuable opportunity to propose and explore potential worlds—and start crafting them!

Meeting Schedule:

• Week 1: Preface + Chapter 1: Beyond Radical Design?
• Week 2: Chapter 2: A Map of Unreality
• Week 3: Chapter 3: Design as Critique
• Week 4: Chapter 4: Consuming Monsters: Big, Perfect, Infectious
• Week 5: Chapter 5: A Methodological Playground: Fictional Worlds and Thought Experiments
• Week 6: Chapter 6: Physical Fictions: Invitations to Make-Believe
• Week 7: Chapter 7: Aesthetics of Unreality
• Week 8: Chapter 8: Between Reality and the Impossible
• Week 9: Chapter 9: Speculative Everything
• No meeting on Aug 10 (Final Showcase Planning / Artifact Development)
• Showcase on Aug 26

🔗 No prior experience required! Join us and help us shape the future!

🎨 About tiat: tiat is where art intersects with technology! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to developing spaces for creative technologists to experiment, exhibit, and enhance their practice.
Learn more about tiat here.

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