Art Dirt: History and Sci-Fi – Summer Reading Roundup

An animated scene depicts two people resting in the shade under a large alien tree.

A scene from “Scavenger’s Reign”

William Sarradet and Gabriel Martinez discuss the links between a critical history of Latin America, a fictionalized account of a military coup, and our robotic future as depicted in animated sci-fi cinema.

“Short War is a bildungsroman with the setting of the dissolution of a political regime. It’s funny and charming and sweet and dramatic.

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Related Readings:

Monthly Review: Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Publishers Weekly: Short War
The Verge: Mars Express is a smart and stylish addition to the sci-fi noir canon
Gizmodo: Scavengers Reign Is Getting a Second Chance It Shouldn’t Have to Ask For
Glass Mountain: Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire Trilogy (1985)
Pure Invention: Looking back at Ghost in the Shell
MoMA: Hans Haacke: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Board of Trustees
Art21: Alfredo Jaar

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