Letters I Never Sent: Yearning in Science Fiction
A workshop musing through love letters of science fiction writers.
Science fiction literature, since its inception, has nurtured a reputation of complicated relationships with technology and is often perceived as a cold genre devoid of love, emotion, and sensuality. Trading scientific precision for vulnerability and forecasts for uncertainty, this workshop casts a glance at sci-fi authors who have centered in their works and personal correspondence letters of yearnings for home, self, and love.
The workshop is constructed of reading excerpts by writers such as Ama Josephine B. Johnston, Amal El-Mohtar, and Max Gladstone, as well as correspondence letters between Joanna Russ and James Tiptree Jr. To foster a truly multidisciplinary experience, sounds of science fiction will be regularly intercepted in between reading sessions.
Event language: English (with close-captions for online participants).
Sherida Kuffour (she/her) is an art director, design educator, and publisher. Her project Brave New Lit. and its imprint Fantastic and Imaginative Romances function as an interactive platform to bridge the gap between graphic design and science fiction, fostering immersive storytelling through cross-disciplinary dialogue that manifest as essays, interviews, and short stories. Sherida currently resides in Zürich, Switzerland where she leads the Thesis Editorial Design module for the MA Contextual Design program at Design Academy Eindhoven. Her teaching is underpinned by years of experience in the advertising and literary sectors of major European cities including London, Amsterdam, and Zurich. Deeply engaged with conversations about the in-betweens of design, Sherida is a frequent collaborator of cultural and literary institutions such as The Black Archives, D&AD Awards, Wim Crouwel Instituut, Writer’s Unlimited, IDFA, and Noorderlicht Photo Festival.
Registrations open a month ahead
On-Site event info:
Open doors:
The venue will be open 30 minutes ahead. Please make sure to arrive at least 10 minutes early, as the workshop starts on time due to the hybrid format.
Venue address:
DOCK
Klybeckstrasse 29, 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Accessibility:
Please note that DOCK is only partly accessible by wheelchair: The toilets are not wheelchair-accessible, and there are no parking spots at the venue. We apologize for this exclusion and will make sure to do better in the future.
This event is part of the Engaging Publics hybrid workshop series exploring community-based research from facilitation, process-documentation, engaged writing, and more.
All workshops are free and open to all. Registrations will open a month ahead.
Except the on-site-only workshop in November, all events can be accessed online via Zoom or on site at DOCK cultural space in Basel, Switzerland.
June 20, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
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Working with the Archive: Reflecting on Collective Research
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Oct 17, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CEST | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
Letters I Never Sent: Yearning in Science Fiction
With Sherida Kuffour(she/her), Art Director, Design Educator & Publisher
Oct 31, 2026 | 3:30–6:30 pm CET | Workshop | online and at DOCK Basel
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