Debate on Literary Sci-Fi with Tajfuny
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Kinomuzeum
About the event
Is science fiction from East Asia merely a collection of futuristic visions and dystopian landscapes, or is it above all an attempt to capture the chaos of the present? This discussion, devoted to the literary roots and inspirations of Asian sci-fi, will serve as a meeting ground for two powerful forces of imagination: China and Japan. We will discuss how creators from these countries utilise the genre to explore society, technology, and spirituality, as well as how the Chinese vision of a systemic future intersects with the Japanese poetics of melancholy and the absurdity of everyday life.
The debate will shed light not only on writers who have shaped the way we think about the future, from Liu Cixin to Haruki Murakami and Yoko Tawada, but also on how their ideas have influenced cinema: from monumental dystopias to intimate stories of alienation. Together, we will consider why science fiction has become the language that most accurately describes twenty-first-century Asia, and how literary imagination transforms what we see on screen.
The debate is hosted in partnership with Tajfuny, a literary publishing house. The conversation will be led by Ania Wołcyrz, a Japonologist and translator, co-founder of the Tajfuny publishing house.
Debate is held in Polish only.
