Art + Science Fiction

	1997, Vito Acconci, "City of Text" Mr. Acconci's riff, or theme, is the friction individuals create when they interact socially or with the built environment. I saw him speak a couple years ago in Philadelphia. It was great. One of his obsessions is transforming landfills into viable habitat for humans.
2003, Thomas Demand, "Space Simulator", chromogenic print of paper model This artist takes paper-craft models to large format photography in such a way that it tweaks our sense of the real. This relates to the same uneasy feeling one gets after being in virtual reality too long.
	1927, Fritz Lang, director, "Still from Metropolis" Imaginary architecture is a fascinating subject. In a Celtic epic from the dark ages, there is an account of a spire made of glass. The rest of the account runs eerily similar to that of a skyscraper. This is on the word of one of my old medieval studies professors, so it exists. But I don't know the specific text.
Robert Birmelin, "Four Views" This picture is very Bradbury.