Welcome to Futures Present, a symposium on artistic research co-hosted by Konstfack and the Swedish Research Council, in collaboration with Formas and the Institute for Future Studies.
Futures Present examines how artistic research speculates, envisions, and imagines our current and future societies. Foregrounding interdisciplinarity and engaging with cultural heritages and futures, it seeks to articulate frameworks for shaping desirable societal trajectories amidst conditions of complex and accelerated change.
A collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and Konstfack, Futures Present is organized in partnership with Formas and the Institute for Future Studies. It presents a curated program of projects funded and/or hosted by all four organizations, aiming to create a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue, as well as opportunities for joint initiatives and future collaborations.
The symposium will feature keynote speakers as well as parallel sessions with thematic clusters. Through its structure, the symposium aims to facilitate critical dialogue on the ways in which knowledge production and creative practices can engage with the pressing challenges of our time, while promoting in-depth understanding of how artistic research contributes to the formation of democratically resilient societies and futures.
Date and time
2 December, 12:30 PM - 4 December, 12.30 PM
Venue
Konstfack, LM Ericssons väg 14, Stockholm (Look at a map)
Underground station: Telefonplan
How to participate?
In order to participate as an attendant you need to register in advance. Please follow this link to register. Attendance at the symposium is free of charge; however, seating is limited and allocated on a first-come basis.
Contact
futurespresent@konstfack.se
Programme (updated 23 October)
2 December
11.30 –13:00 Registration
13:00 –13:15 Conference opening
13:15-13:30 Introductory remarks: Anna Valtonen, Vice-Chancellor, Konstfack
13:30-13:45 Break
13:45-15:15 Project presentations
Stream 1:
Nina Mangalanayagam, ”Colouring-In Sweden”
Behzad Khosravi Noori, “From Land to Sea”
Salad Hilowle and Christian Rossipal, “The Black Shore”
Stream 2:
Svenja Keune, “Weaving as Worlding Practices”
Maja Gunn, “Textile Heritage”
Kristina Lindström and Åsa Ståhl, “Design After Progress”
15:15-15:45 Break
15:45-16:45 Keynote presentation: Karim Jebari, researcher, Institute for future studies (IFFS)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-18:00 Workshops/other formats
Anna Lindal, Andreas Hiroui Larsson and Johan Jutterström, ”Lethe”
Katarina Bonnevier, ”Planeten, nu fortsätter vi! Eller, TrollVision för framtiden”
Bigert & Bergström, ”Tipping Point”
3 december
08:45-09:00 Coffee
09:00-09:15 Introduction
09:15–10:45 Project presentations
Stream 1:
Benjamin Gerdes, “Ghost Platform”
Stefan Jonsson, “Authoritarian Automation”
Erik Gandini, “The Future Through the Present”
Stream 2:
Helena Cleeve, “Visions of Care”
John-Paul Zaccarini, “Future Brown Space”
Dalija Acin Thelander, “Toward Sensuous Ecologies”
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Konstfack project presentations: Loove Broms, Bettina Schwalm, Mara Lee Gerdén, Lina Selander, Lisa Tan and Filippa Arrias
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Project presentations
Stream 1:
Malin Lindmark Vrijman and Mathieu Vrijman, ”Tell it to the field that she wants to be a meadow”
Mattias Öberg, ”Shadows over light water”
Ylva Frid and Björn Ekelund, ”Healing Heritage”
Stream 2:
Cecilia Grönberg and Jonas J. Magnusson, ”The Expanded Book”
Oscar Hemer, ”Anthropology and Creative Practice”
Helena Hammarskiöld, ”Point of You”
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Workshops/other formats
Mirko Nikolic, ”On trans-national connections of the Swedish public pension system”
Petra Bauer, ”Looking for Jeanne”
Jenny von Platten, ”Underconsumption in the anthropocene”
Cecilia Lagerström and Monica Sand, ”The Sugar Games” + ”The Sugar Walks”
17:00-17:15 Break
17:15-18:15 Keynote presentation: Laura Watts
18:15-19:30 Conference reception
4 December
08:45-09:00 Coffee
09:00-10:30 Project presentations
Stream 1:
Eva Arnqvist and Catharina Gabrielsson, “Positions in the political economy of public art”
Maddie Leach, “The Fountain”
Lars-Henrik Ståhl, “Strikeout”
Stream 2:
Alessandra Di Pisa and Robert Stasinski, “Technoecology – Performing Computation and Aesthetic Sensibility”
Palle Torsson, “Ada Research”
Matts Leiderstam, “What Does the Grid Do?”
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Conference roundtable
12:00-12:30 Joint reflections and closing remarks
Graphic Design by MFA student Hai-Fang-Hu.
