FORECASTING: INTERESTING WORLDS
A new digital artwork by Fei Jun
Premiered 4th February 2021
At a time of such fragility and uncertainty, we present our first FORECAST art commission ‘Forecasting: Interesting Worlds‘. Created by acclaimed Chinese artist Fei Jun in collaboration with 13 co-creators from across the world, this new work asks us to consider the factors most influencing our thinking about the future.
From a range of over 180 objects – some everyday, others less so – these 13 co-creators were asked to select five that stand out as being the most important to their view of the future.
With these selections and the co-creators’ reflections on their choices, the artist Fei Jun created a bespoke ‘future universe’ for each participant. These objects and the way they are placed and interact with others, form a dialogue, a dream, a moving vision of their hopes and fears.
From all walks of life and representing every continent, our co-creators hail from Russia, China, Antarctica, Ghana, Mozambique, Finland, California, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and the UK – with a special additional participant from the pioneering eXXpedition to represent our seas and oceans. Meet them here.
As a global field research tool, this art project – translated into both English and Mandarin – enables us to observe and explore the many, complex views of the world as it is today, and the views of its future.
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This artwork is supported by Arts Council England and the Wellcome Trust, with support from our media partner CAFA Art Info.
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