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Join Us TORONTO — Star Trek ’s vast transmedia universe often reminds me of the fandom’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” (IDIC) philosophy. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry originally intended IDIC as a Vulcan belief in the beauty of universal acceptance, which informed the universe’s worldbuilding. Many Trekkies took IDIC as permission to freely explore the “infinite diversities” of identities and sexualities in their fan activities.
Fanfiction, fanart, and cosplay have many origins in Star Trek fandom. To go boldly at the Varley Art Gallery, a regional cultural center in Markham, a Greater Toronto Area city, reflects a burgeoning field of contemporary art that explores fandom as a conceptual framework for art and exhibition making. The show, organized around contemporary artists who engage with Star Trek fandom, “aims to illustrate that space is not the final frontier, but rather a rich and diverse arena where .