What if art is not just a mirror of the world but a factory for its future?
This project brings artists and writers into dialogue, exploring how both groups generate knowledge through distinct but complementary methods—philosophic fabulation on the one hand, perception and affect on the other. In an age where we are drowning in data yet starved for meaning, alternative futures argues that art is an urgent toolkit for survival: a laboratory of sensation and imagination that equips us to feel, not just forecast, the worlds to come.
This conversation asks not how to predict the future, but how to inhabit it—together, creatively, critically, and sensuously.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Alexandra Anikina & Martin Charvát
Chantal Meza & Brad Evans
Claudia Dapper & Christine Wunnicke
Daria Martin & Rosi Braidotti
Emil Schult & Torsten Schmidt
Godfrey Williams-Okorodus & Shola Adenekan
Janis Ledwell-Hunt & Rebecca Fredrickson
Jonas Staal
Jordan Tierney & Jane Bennett
Kathy High & María Antonia González Valerio
Latedjou & Gladys Kalichini
Louise Mackenzie & Maro Pebo
Matti Aikio & Tim Ingold
Michael Rittstein & Tomáš Kobes
Osheen Siva & Václav Janošcík
Rafani & Dawn Chan
Rambod Vala & Afrooz Partovi
Saša Spacal & Alison Sperling
Sonya Dyer & Simon O’Sullivan
Sophie Ristlhueber & Ondrej Váša
Sougwen Chung & Martin Švantner
Susan Schuppli & Tomáš Dvorák
Theresa Schuberth & Jessica Ullrich
Thora Arnardottir & Pierluca D’Amato
Tomás Saraceno & bernd herzogenrath
Warren Neidich & Anders Dunker
Yoshua Okón & Babson Ajibade