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Sydney Biennale review – contemporary art meets sci-fi in wide-reaching show

Written By Unknown on Friday, March 18, 2016 | 9:18 PM

Dystopic and utopian; beautiful and ugly – the 20th iteration of the biennale offers an intriguing, if uneven, reflection of the here and now

One of the most fascinating trends in contemporary art over the past decade has been its increasing interest in science fiction.

Either as a pop cultural reference point or the conceptual link between the speculative practices of contemporary art and science fiction, this trend has seen dozens, if not hundreds, of international and Australian artists creating sci-fi-inflected pieces, with exhibitions around the world surveying their work.

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