WSC Punky Futures + The Generative Area - A Mind for Imagination

Which movement glorified speed, technology, and modernity in early 20th-century art and culture?

• Futurism

• Impressionism

• Romanticism

• Dadaism

• Realism

Who published the 'Manifesto of Futurism' in 1909?

• Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

• Umberto Boccioni

• Ezra Pound

• Giacomo Balla

• Antonio Sant'Elia

What artwork by Boccioni symbolizes human evolution through a futuristic lens?

• Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

• Starry Night

• The Scream

• Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

• Persistence of Memory

Which musical genre is most associated with the origins of Afrofuturism?

• Rock

• Hip-hop

• Jazz

• Classical

• Techno

What is the defining feature of solarpunk as a speculative genre?

• Harmonious coexistence of nature and technology

• Corporate control

• Colonial dominance

• Technological dystopia

• Post-apocalyptic survival

What best characterizes 'pareidolia'?

• Only recognizing faces

• Suppressing imagination

• Seeing meaningful patterns in random stimuli

• Hearing voices

• Forgetting patterns

What brain region is primarily involved in facial recognition and linked to pareidolia?

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

• Corpus callosum

• Fusiform gyrus

• Cerebellum

How do solarpunk games like Terra Nil differ from traditional city-builders?

• They prioritize war

• They emphasize industry

• They focus on restoring ecosystems

• They lack technology

• They remove environmental goals

What 1950s aesthetic is central to atompunk?

• Minimalism

• Baroque revival

• Postmodern collage

• Rustic industrial

• Mid-century modernism and nuclear optimism

What does REM sleep most closely support?

• Sound memory

• Subconscious imagination

• Conscious alertness

• Immune response

• Motor function