FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE, LOOK TO THE PAST

The past is worth our attention, also in visions of future cities. How and for whom will we keep our cultural heritage accessible? What will future memory places look like, considering new media and digital storage technologies? How can the past be introduced and performed, in order to examine the organisation and experience of the future city?

• 16:00 - 17:00 - Welcome & reception

• 17:00 - 17:30 - Introduction by Prof. Nick Dunn, Executive Director & Chair of Urban Design of ImaginationLancaster, UK

• 17:30 - 17:50 - "Big Time Bcn: strengthening the bonds of identity between citizens and heritage" by Prof. Mar Santamaria & Pablo Martinez, Co-founders of 300.000 Km/s, ES

• 17:50 - 18:10 - "Grand Tour Europe" by Paoletta Holst, Architectural researcher and Artist.

• 18:10 - 18:30 - "Un)told histories, (im)possible futures" by Ana Kutlesa, [BLOK], A curatorial collective which operates at the intersection of art, urban research and political activism, HR

• 18:30 - 19:00 - Discussion

• BREAK

FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE, LOOK TO THE PRESENT - PART I

Contemporary cities are fertile soil for science and technology, for culture and innovation, for individual and collective development. However, cities are also places where problems such as Noise-Air-Light-Odour pollution, poverty, unemployment and exclusion run rife. How do artists cope with these challenges? How do they explore major themes such as (over) consumption, globalization and virtualization, resource scarcity, social and economic inequality, privatization and commercialization? Are these challenges an instrument for imagining the future city to criticize society and/or present possibilities for improvement?

• 19:30 - 19:50 - "Witness Data: Cityscapes informed by environmental data" by Ermioni Natsi & Christina Doumpioti, Architects GR

• 19:50 - 20:10 - "Mapping Twitter activity and the City" by Seungho Yoo, Urban researcher, KR

• 20:10 - 20:30 - "Urban Sound Studio L28" by Caroline Claus, Urban (sound) researcher and designer, BE

• 20:30 20:50 - "Cars, Priests and Haircuts" by Kurt Deruyter, Photographer, BE

• 20:50 - 21:30 - Discussion

Ongoing: Installation "City Light Module .01" by Joris Perdieus, Artist, BE