Norman Brosterman finds the future in 19th-century journals and pulp sci-fi magazines. In other words, the New York City writer and art dealer collects a future that never was.
Next year, the Smithsonian will launch a traveling exhibition of this urban paradise of monorails and bubble-top cars, works displaying equal parts talent and optimism.
"I look for the gee-whiz factor," says Brosterman. "I love these artists' naïveté. They're dreaming of something beyond the often squalid average life in the early 20th century."
ELECTRIC WORD
Armored Hot Dog
The Science Underground
Reframing the Future
Army of One
Keeping Up with the Simses
