meetCUTE
22-23
‘meetCUTE’ explores power and pleasure in media, communication, and entertainment. The industry intertwines these elements, influencing social and political agendas. Historically, future projections in mainstream media have been shaped by those with power and privilege, determining which stories are told. How are these influences experienced in our environments and emotions.
Through research, critique, and design, meetCUTE deconstructs and reimagines spatial trends in media and entertainment, employing speculative methodologies like worldbuilding and design fiction. Using Mediated Sites as catalysts, students develop fictional futures, addressing today's complex questions through the lens of tomorrow.
Guest Speakers
Esther Jimenez Herraiz “World Building and Prospective Spaces in Film”
Malina Dabrowska - Arup Design Futures - “Into regenerative futures: why do we need futures to reimagine the built world?”
Paul Nicholls - Factory Fifteen - “Transporting Audiences to Extraordinary New Worlds”
Monika Bielskyte [Protopia Futures] on ‘QUEER FUTURES’
superFUTURES 2024 Exhibition Trailer.
Reiss Chang, 'Society = Prison', Second World Fiction, 2050.
Ziqi Zhou, 'Promised Land', Second World Fiction, 2050.
Zijian Wang, 'The Last Arctic', Real World Fiction, 2045.
Yuhan Li, 'Dataville', Real World Fiction, 2044.
Shushi Qi, 'The Luxurious Edge', Real World Fiction, 2042.
Tiffany Tung, 'Spatial DNA', Real World Fiction, 2050.
Zihan Zhou, 'City of Amnesia', Real World Fiction, 2050.
Lisa Laudieri, 'Carved Topographies', Real World Fiction, 2045.
Yasmin Moshirabadi, 'Setting Motherhood', Real World Fiction, 2054.
Yuqing Han, 'Semi-Finished World', Real World Fiction, 2054.
Lan Luo, 'Closed Box', Second World Fiction, 2045.
Chenyao Chen, 'Grandeur & The Unconcious', Second World Fiction, 2050.
Xinran Wang, 'Sound Heterotopia', Second World Fiction, 2035.
Dianzhi Wang, 'Silent Barriers', Second World Fiction, 2054.
Xiaojing Zhang Jean, '1 Square Meter of Power', Real World Fiction, 2054.
Guo Cheng Orange, 'City Of Images', Second World Fiction, 2050.
Nova Ma, 'Diverse Realm', Second World Fiction, 2030.
Miro Mengyue Yan, 'Good 18', Second World Fiction, 2051.
Zoe Yu Song, 'Substagram', Real World Fiction, 2054.
Avery Yang, 'Remapping Reality', Second World Fiction, 2053.
Xiaopeng Chen, 'Island of Eros' Beliefs', Real World Fiction, 2054.
Shalini Perera, 'Echo Vision', Second World Fiction, 2034.
Yuchen Wu, 'Lightopia2045', Second World Fiction.
Muzi Li, 'ECT 2052', Second World Fiction.
Yi Wang, 'Home Archive Cabinet', Second World Fiction, 2035.
Ruo Du, 'Anime Pilgrimages', Real World Fiction, 2035.