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Future Imperfect: Cultural propositions and global perspectives

What can speculations on the future tell us about the priorities of the present and the demands of past?

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This event will explore what is at stake in articulating propositions on the future? What kind of language can be used to describe the as yet unknown ways of being in the future? And finally, why the future is not what it used to be?

 
 

Download Future Imperfect: Cultural propositions and global perspectives – Part 1 (MP3, 49.7 MB)

1967/1968: What was lost?

Through performances, interviews, panel discussions, and a screening programme, contributors will highlight how present histories and institutions are being shaped through propositional speculations on the future.

 
 

Download Future Imperfect: Cultural propositions and global perspectives – Part 2 (MP3, 53.0 MB)

Structural futures: where to now?

This panel will discuss what a future arts infrastructure might look like across the Maghreb region, to begin with, and how the role of artists and institutions could change in a global context.

 
 

Download Future Imperfect: Cultural propositions and global perspectives – Part 3 (MP3, 14.7 MB)

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