Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Sweden reimagined: what if sci-fi tech were real?


Welcome to rural Sweden, sometime in the late '80s. Citizens go about their mundane lives and children explore the countryside. But something isn't quite right. Robots and hovercrafts are commonplace, and decaying science facilities sprout from the harsh Baltic landscape. There's even a rumor circulating that dinosaurs have returned from the dead after some failed experiment.


This is the world that exists in artist Simon Stålenhag's mind, and it's only accessible through his paintings. The alternate universe he's created is inspired by the sci-fi movies he watched as a kid growing up in the rural areas around Stockholm. As he explains to The Verge, "The only difference in the world of my art and our world is that ... ever since the...


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