Please take the time to visit the new Education Room display, 'Visions of the Future: The Art of Science Fiction' at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, running from Monday 4 April - Saturday 11 June 2011.
This special display presents a selection from the University of Leeds' Special Collections, illustrating the history of science fiction artwork and its early development in utopian fictions to the images represented in contemporary film posters.
The display provides an insight into the development and artistic trends of the genre, and little-known facts, such as the important role Leeds played in the early history of science fiction in England.
"... in many ways science fiction was the true literature of the twentieth century, with a vast influence on film, television, advertising and consumer design. Science fiction is now the only place where the future survives..." J. G. Ballard, Miracles of Life, 2008.
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