Cyberpunk Dreams

Megan McKeough is a community radio presenter and pop culture enthusiast with a deep love of all things film, TV, gaming and the grey area where they intersect. Broadcasting on Triple R since 2015, she currently co-hosts Triple R’s fantasy, science fiction and historical show Zero G; and reviews films for Thursday morning Breakfasters. Talk to her about murder mysteries, the rise of Korean media in the west, and the lost era of 90s blockbusters.

Mel Campbell is a cultural critic on unceded Wurundjeri country who writes about film, TV, literature and media, with particular interests in history, costume, screen adaptations and futurism. She also lurks in the shadows of the ivory tower as a freelance academic copyeditor and indexer. When Mel was 12, she confidently predicted that by the time she was 25, she would own a self-driving hovercar and remote-controlled household appliances. However, she did not predict that her first book would be the nonfiction investigation Out of Shape: Debunking Myths about Fashion and Fit (2013), or that she would go on to co-write two romantic comedy novels with Anthony Morris: The Hot Guy (2017) and Nailed It! (2019). Mel can be found at many cyberspace locations as @incrediblemelk.

Conor Bateman is a writer, video editor, and film programmer. His writing has been published in RealTime, 4A Papers, and Senses of Cinema, and his video work has been screened at ACMI, UQ Gallery and the Monash University Museum of Art. His latest work, RESET: A Journey into Cyberpunk, is currently on display at ACMI as part of the exhibition The Future & Other Fictions.