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A 10-year project predicting the future of performance art.
Every year, we get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. Every year, we are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Every year, we are collecting objects in a time capsule that will not be opened before 2020. Every year, we are developing scenarios for performances to take place in 2020 – some of which will be pre-enacted ahead of their time.
Narratives of the future are everywhere – from science fiction to the scenarios and prognoses of science and politics. Yet never do these narratives consider what role performance art will play in future societies. What kind of work will a performance artist make on board a space ship or in a post-apocalyptic world? What would a performance for the year 2020 look like – as we collectively imagine it?
Political and religious power has often gone hand in hand with claiming a monopoly on interpreting the future. In addressing the future, prognoses and predictions actually aim to control the present. They function as an alibi: whether prognoses are made to justify decisions or whether decisions are made as a result of prognoses – neither opens up a true alternative. Rather than asking how things could and should be, they operate within an existing logic (Western liberal democracy, for instance), which they project into the future and thus take out of negotiation. How can this normativity of the future be challenged? How can we re-imagine the future as undecided and open to radical change? Rather than only reacting to changes that will take place, how can art actually initiate change?
2020: A Performance Time-Machine was launched Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010. In 2011, it took the form of a workshop with the MA Practising Theatre and Performance at Aberystwyth University. In 2012, 2020 will take place in Leeds at PSi #18.
We look forward to sharing the future with you!
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. Every year, we are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Every year, we are collecting objects in a time capsule that will not be opened before 2020. Every year, we are developing scenarios for performances to take place in 2020 – some of which will be pre-enacted ahead of their time.
Narratives of the future are everywhere – from science fiction novels and films to the scenarios and prognoses of science and politics. Yet never do these narratives consider what role performance art will play in future societies. What kind of work will a performance artist make on board a space ship or in a post-apocalyptic world? What kind of work will a performance artist make in the UK after ten years of Conservative government, in a climate akin to Southern California’s climate today? What would a performance for the year 2020 look like? Will art only react to the changes taking place, or will artists be able to initiate change? How can we shape this future?
Political and religious power has often gone hand in hand with claiming a monopoly on interpreting the future. In addressing the future, prognoses and predictions actually aim to control the present. They function as an alibi: whether prognoses are made to justify decisions or whether decisions are made as a result of prognoses – neither opens up a true alternative. Rather than asking how things could and should be, they operate within an existing logic (Western liberal democracy, for instance), which they project into the future and thus take out of negotiation. How can this normativity of the future be challenged?
Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. In 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞(click to download). In 2011, we came up with these predictions using collective premonition, a magic 8-ball and some cartomancy.
We look forward to sharing the future with you!
Edited on 2011-10-27 13:52:43 by DanielLadnar
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. Every year, we are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Every year, we are collecting objects in a time capsule that will not be opened before 2020. Every year, we are developing scenarios for performances to take place in 2020 – some of which will be pre-enacted ahead of their time.
Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. In 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞(click to download). In 2011, we came up with these predictions using collective premonition, a magic 8-ball and some cartomancy.
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. Every year, we are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Every year, we are collecting objects in a time capsule that will not be opened before 2020. Every year, our collectively written manifesto for 2020 will grow. Every year, we are developing scenarios for performances to take place in 2020 – some of which will be pre-enacted ahead of their time.
Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. For 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞(click to download). We are still interested in your responses to the questionnaire. Please return questionnaires to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2011-01-21 14:15:18 by DanielLadnar
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Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. For 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞(click to download). We are still interested in your responses to the questionnaire. Please return questionnaires to future@random-people.net.
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Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. For 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞((click to download). We are still interested in your responses to the questionnaire. Please return questionnaires to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2011-01-21 14:13:28 by DanielLadnar
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. Every year, we are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Every year, we are collecting objects in a time capsule that will not be opened before 2020. Every year, our collectively written manifesto for 2020 will grow. Every year, we are developing scenarios for performances to take place in 2020 – some of which will be pre-enacted ahead of their time.
Each year, we will devise a different method of collectively imagining the future. For 2010, we invited people to fill in this questionnaire∞((click to download). We are still interested in your responses to the questionnaire. Please return questionnaires to future@random-people.net.
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us.
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But since we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves, we are proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Even though 2010's Experimentica festival has come to an end, we are still inviting you to to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2011-01-05 11:55:20 by DanielLadnar
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Edited on 2011-01-05 11:54:56 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But since we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves, we are proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Even though 2010's Experimentica festival has come to an end, we are still inviting you to to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But since we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves, we are proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Even though Experimentica festival has come to an end for 2010, we are still inviting you to to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, we launched the project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us.
Political and religious power has often gone hand in hand with claiming a monopoly on interpreting the future. In addressing the future, prognoses and predictions actually aim to control the present. They function as an alibi: whether prognoses are made to justify decisions or whether decisions are made as a result of prognoses – neither opens up a true alternative. Rather than asking how things could and should be, they operate within an existing logic (Western liberal democracy, for instance), which they project into the future and thus take out of negotiation. How can this normativity of the future be challenged?
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But since we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves, we are proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. Even though Experimentica festival has come to an end for 2010, we are still inviting you to to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, random people are launching their project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. The opening presentation will take place on 13 October 2010, 7pm, at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
Political and religious power has often gone hand in hand with claiming a monopoly on interpreting the future. In addressing the future, prognoses and predictions actually aim to control the present. They function as an alibi: whether prognoses are made to justify decisions or whether decisions are made as a result of prognoses – neither opens up a true alternative. Rather than asking how things could and should be, they operate within an existing logic (neo-liberalism, for instance), which they project into the future and thus take out of negotiation. How can this normativity of the future be challenged?
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project:
- firstly, to participate in random people’s Future Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica.
- secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2011-01-05 11:46:23 by DanielLadnar
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Edited on 2010-09-29 16:59:24 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project:
- firstly, to participate in random people’s Future Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica.
- secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Deletions:
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2010-09-28 11:20:12 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Deletions:
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s FutureLaboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2010-09-28 10:07:01 by DanielLadnar
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Edited on 2010-09-28 10:06:10 by DanielLadnar
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We look forward to sharing the future with you!
Edited on 2010-09-28 10:01:37 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s FutureLaboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Deletions:
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Future-Laboratory
We will collect prognoses, predictions, prophecies and fictional accounts of the future. We will identify various strategies of predicting the future. We will make our own predictions. We will start imagining performances for these different futures. We will visit places of the future (possible sites: Cardiff Millennium Centre, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, the Future Inn Hotel in Cardiff Bay, the Port Talbot Steelworks that have allegedly inspired director Ridley Scott for his vision of the future as depicted in the film Blade Runner). We will look at artistic forms that address the future. We will write manifestos and proposals for the year 2020.Join us for the workshop at Chapter Arts Centre on October 14-16, 2pm-6pm. The workshop is open to anybody who is interested. If you would like to attend, please send us an email to future@random-people.net. The outcomes of the workshop will be presented as part of the 2020 closing presentation at Experimentica, October 17, 6:30pm.
Edited on 2010-09-28 10:00:03 by DanielLadnar
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, random people are launching their project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. The opening presentation will take place on 13 October 2010, 7pm, at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
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At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, random people are launching their project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. The opening presentation will take place on 13 October 2010, 7pm, at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
Edited on 2010-09-28 09:55:15 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory (see below), a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2010-09-28 09:53:28 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory (see below), a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞(click to download) and return it to future@random-people.net.
Deletions:
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞and return it to future@random-people.net.
Edited on 2010-09-28 09:47:59 by DanielLadnar
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We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in this Questionnaire∞and return it to future@random-people.net.
Deletions:
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in the attached questionnaire and return it to future@random-people.net.
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2020: A Performance Time-Machine
At Chapter’s Experimentica festival in October 2010, random people are launching their project 2020: A Performance Time-Machine. Every year from now, we will get together to look into the future until, in 2020, this future will have caught up with us. The opening presentation will take place on 13 October 2010, 7pm, at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
Narratives of the future are everywhere – from science fiction novels and films to the scenarios and prognoses of science and politics. Yet never do these narratives consider what role performance art will play in future societies. What kind of work will a performance artist make on board a space ship or in a post-apocalyptic world? What kind of work will a performance artist make in the UK after ten years of Conservative government, in a climate akin to Southern California’s climate today? What would a performance for the year 2020 look like? Will art only react to the changes taking place, or will artists be able to initiate change? How can we shape this future?
Political and religious power has often gone hand in hand with claiming a monopoly on interpreting the future. In addressing the future, prognoses and predictions actually aim to control the present. They function as an alibi: whether prognoses are made to justify decisions or whether decisions are made as a result of prognoses – neither opens up a true alternative. Rather than asking how things could and should be, they operate within an existing logic (neo-liberalism, for instance), which they project into the future and thus take out of negotiation. How can this normativity of the future be challenged?
We do not have an answer to this question yet. But we also do not want to claim full authority over the future ourselves. We are therefore proposing a more collective approach and are asking people to share their ideas about the future with us. There are two ways of contributing to the project: firstly, to participate in random people’s Future-Laboratory, a series of workshops to coincide with our presence at Experimentica, and secondly, to fill in the attached questionnaire and return it to future@random-people.net.
Future-Laboratory
We will collect prognoses, predictions, prophecies and fictional accounts of the future. We will identify various strategies of predicting the future. We will make our own predictions. We will start imagining performances for these different futures. We will visit places of the future (possible sites: Cardiff Millennium Centre, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, the Future Inn Hotel in Cardiff Bay, the Port Talbot Steelworks that have allegedly inspired director Ridley Scott for his vision of the future as depicted in the film Blade Runner). We will look at artistic forms that address the future. We will write manifestos and proposals for the year 2020.
Join us for the workshop at Chapter Arts Centre on October 14-16, 2pm-6pm. The workshop is open to anybody who is interested. If you would like to attend, please send us an email to future@random-people.net. The outcomes of the workshop will be presented as part of the 2020 closing presentation at Experimentica, October 17, 6:30pm.