MAYDAY — Fiction For the Future
5 episodes - English -The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. Perhaps that is why some say the genre is uniquely equipped to hold up a mirror to the present. We at Mayday Magazine happen to believe in the power of fictional stories to grow our minds and imagination. Take a listen to the future — maybe nearer than we think — with these original shorts.
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Episodes
The Museum of Shopping
March 19, 2020 08:52 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBListen to The Museum of Shopping, a short by Felix Behr exploring a future scenario where shopping is a bygone activity memorialised in an unbelievable museum exhibition. FICTION FOR THE FUTURE The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. ...
Second Wind
March 19, 2020 08:52 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MBListen to Second Wind, a short by Felix Behr about a company providing its customers with digital avatars that reflect their innermost personalities, however unlikely. FICTION FOR THE FUTURE The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. Perh...
Terra Preta
March 19, 2020 08:51 - 9 minutes - 8.27 MBListen to Terra Preta, a short by Malte Tellerup about a woman's experience hunting to provide for her family and her community in a verdant, futuristic forest FICTION FOR THE FUTURE The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. Perhaps that...
The Plains
March 19, 2020 08:50 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBListen to The Plains, a short by Liv Sejrbo Lidegaard that follows one individual's experience of a futuristic landscape marked by technological and environmental change. FICTION FOR THE FUTURE The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. P...
Exorcism.exe
March 19, 2020 08:43 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MBListen to Exorcism.exe, a short by Felix Behr that follows two church representatives sent out to exorcise a smart home after its resident's death. FICTION FOR THE FUTURE The world of science fiction, although it sometimes seems so far away from what we know as reality, has roots in the world around us today. Add in some extreme imagination and a radical escalation of human capabilities or imperfections, and there is some pretty viable material to build on. Perhaps that is why som...