Salon for a speculative future

Reflecting on the current political and economic global situation, in particular the exponential acceleration of a technology-driven platform capitalism, many women advocate positive change for an ecologically sustainable and humane future. In The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin argues that science fiction does not simply extrapolate from the present to predict the future—instead, the fiction writer engages in thought-experiments where ideas and intuition move within the confines set by the experiment. This book hosts imaginative thinking by seventy-five women artists, sharing their influences, inspired by women’s contributions to diverse fields, from art, education, and science to political activism. Salon for a Speculative Future honours and shares insights and experimental thinking towards a positive future.

Contributors:
ULI AIGNER | FELICITY ALLEN | EDWINA ASHTON | INGRID BERTHON-MOINE | MONICA BIAGIOLI | SUTAPA BISWAS | SARAH BODMAN | EMMA BOLLAND | CÉCILE EMMANUELLE BORRA | SIMONA BRINKMANN | ALISON J. CARR | RACHEL CATTLE | SUKI CHAN | MARIA CHEVSKA | KIM COLEMAN | SUSAN COLLINS | KIRSTEN COOKE | FRAN COTTELL | JUDITH COWAN | ANNE-MARIE CREAMER | MIKEY CUDDIHY | EC DAVIES | NOOSHIN FARHID | SUSAN FINLAY | ANNABEL FREARSON | RACHEL GARFIELD | APRIL GERTLER | LAURA GODFREY-ISAACS | ALTHEA GREENAN | JOHANNA HÄLLSTEN & MARY ROSE O’NEILL | MINNA HAUKKA | SAM HODGE | SUSAN JOHANKNECHT | SHARON KIVLAND | LIZZIE LLOYD | KATHARINA LUDWIG | RUTH MACLENNAN | LAURA MALACART | MELANIE MANCHOT | CARMEN MARISCAL | KATHARINE MEYNELL | JO MITCHELL | CHRISTINA MITRENTSE | SUZANNE MOONEY | MARTINA MULLANEY | RUTH NOVACZEK | MONIKA OECHSLER | REDELL OLSEN | JAYNE PARKER | JANETTE PARRIS | ALICIA PAZ | HESTIA PEPPÉ | HELEN ROBERTSON | KARIN RUGGABER | LAURIE SCHWARTZ | REBECCA SCOTT | HELEN SEAR | LENA SÉRAPHIN | ANNA SHERBANY | NAOMI SIDERFIN | PAM SKELTON | RACHEL SMITH | STEPHANIE SPINDLER | CATHY STEED |JO STOCKHAM | DIANA TAYLOR | MIMEI THOMPSON | MO THROP | MIRIAM THYES | RENEE VAUGHAN SUTHERLAND | MARIE VON HEYL | JESSICA VOORSANGER | JULIE WESTERMAN | SARAH WOOD | ELIZABETH WRIGHT |