Tag: Science-Fiction
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“Le handicap fictionnel dans la science-fiction artistique” (March 2026)
In March 2026, my article « Le handicap fictionnel dans la science-fiction artistique » was published by BoD in a volume edited by Clément Pélissier and Jérôme Goffette for the academic association Stella Incognita.
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Fictional Disability in Artistic Science Fiction (April 2, 2025)
From Crash (1996) to Alita: Battle Angel (2019), via Avatar (2009), science fiction cinema has increasingly featured characters with simulated disabilities, reflecting a growing fascination with altered, hybrid, or augmented bodies at the intersection of eroticism, power, and technology. This talk explored how photographers Helmut Newton and Joel-Peter Witkin have created fictional representations that serve as critical tools for questioning norms,…
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Diving into the Universe of Patricia Piccinini: When Science Fiction Meets Photography (March 11, 2021)
On March 11, 2021, during the conference “Imaginaires du corps et sensualités imaginées” (“Imaginaries of the Body and Imagined Sensualities”), I explored the fusion of science fiction and realism in Patricia Piccinini’s work, questioning the boundaries between the natural and the artificial through her strangely human-like creatures.
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From Fiction to Photographic Science Fiction: Between Imagination and Prosthetization of the Body (November 2019)
Science fiction has long explored the transformations of the human body through prostheses, whether medical, augmentative, or purely conceptual. “From Fiction to Prosthetic Science Fiction” focuses on how these technologies redefine our relationship with the world and ourselves. Between compensation and enhancement, these devices shape a new hybrid identity, a central subject in the science…