Breathtaking sci-fi exhibition opens in Athens

"What era of science fiction would you like the exhibition to focus on?"
"Hm. All of them."

That was roughly how the conversation about creating the exhibition "Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction" ended between the Swiss historian, writer and curator Patrick Gyger and management at the Barbican in London. The exhibition, which ran from June to September in the UK capital, has now come to the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens.

At first, Gyger thought he would just be providing the organizers at the Barbican with some assistance to help them set up a run-of-the-mill sci-fi exhibition with spacecraft and aliens that he was not interested in taking a greater role in. However, the final result was something different: an exhibition about science fiction as a genre and its many varied forms.

"Science fiction existed 200 years ago or 2,000 years ago,...