International Conference: The Future Futures Talk Show

Welcome to an afternoon of presentations, panel discussions and interviews looking at the film medium’s potential for reversing gazes and recentering critical dialogues.

FUTURE FUTURES is an international network of young advisory boards that gather 16–21-year-olds with a wide variety of experiences and expertise. It looks to push traditions of distribution – defining new channels for art and seeking exciting new models for the art world; models that reach wider, more inclusive demographics of users and audiences.

This year, the members of FUTURE FUTURES are looking at the moving image, using artistic methods to dismantle or challenge normative image culture. They have considered contemporary and historical references, consulting the work of Palestinian filmmakers, climate activists and civil rights defenders to explore how video has been instrumental in protest movements and the fight for political change. The groups have met with artists and curators, discussing how technological developments of the last decades have shifted the premises for how, and by whom, video is being recorded and distributed. Together with invited guests, they now invite visitors of this international symposium to think collectively about how video can be used to amplify marginalised voices, as well as how it is used structurally by those in power to create and control grand narratives.

The network features Index Teen Advisory Board (ITAB), PRAKSIS Teen Advisory Board (PTAB) and Publics Youth Advisory Board (PYAB). These boards offer paid positions for young people who actively support decision-making, evaluation and programming at Index (Stockholm), PRAKSIS (Oslo) and Publics (Helsinki). It is a reciprocal learning program where participants gain access to art professional contexts and develop organisational skills whilst shaping the institutions of our joint future.

This symposium with young voices is made with support from Erasmus+ Ungdom and in collaboration with Konstfack.

More information and schedule soon.