Stories from the Future
Workshop #4
Live stream (on ACUD TV & CP Website):
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17. January, 4pm - 5H30pm CET
moderated by Lisa Pettibone & Dylan Harris
What started as an exercise in collectively imagining a carbon-neutral 2030 has turned into a larger project of envisioning what it could mean to have a better life by 2030. After eight months of conversations, workshops, performances, interventions, and lots of learning – despite a global pandemic and in response to the global reckoning with racial and colonial violence – we are finally ready and excited to share our stories of 2030. Join us for our final exhibition, where we will preview our artifacts ‘from’ 2030, discuss our collective process, and prefigure what may come next.
ABOUT STORIES FROM THE FUTURE
The only times global greenhouse gas emissions have fallen in the past 200 years were during times of crisis: war, depression, or pandemic. This constant growth means we now have only 10 years to permanently reverse the rise of climate emissions and at most until mid-century to become carbon neutral if we are to avoid the most devastating effects of runaway climate change. How can—and must—we work together to create a world where our grandchildren can thrive?
This workshop series will run throughout COLLECTIVE PRACTICES, picking up the thread in each of its four explorations (#NARRATIVES, #KNOWLEDGES, #CARE, and #RESISTANCE) to imagine—and begin to build—the future we want: Participants will collaborate in several events that bring together scientific knowledge, creative energy, personal connections, and the will to act to envision the better way we want to be—10 years from now. What does it mean to “degrow,” and remove fossil fuels from the economy in a way that improves our lives?
As we discuss, we will create artifacts from our vision of the future. These artifacts could be short stories or poems, sculpture, technological prototypes, or scientific articles written in 2030. In creating these artifacts, we will share what we have learned through our collective investigation.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
Workshop #1
Workshop #2
Workshop #3
COLLECTIVE PRACTICES
Over the course of several months, this series will examine “collective practice” as it relates to artistic creation, cultural organizing and social coexistence. Together with all participating players, we, a team of cultural producers, look forward to researching, discussing, understanding and practicing collectivity across four thematic explorations (#NARRATIVES / #KNOWLEDGES / #CARE / #RESISTANCE).
More info at: www.collectivepractices.net
COLLECTIVE PRACTICES is a project of ACUD MACHT NEU and is funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.