Institute for Art and Future Design, re:future Lab, Berlin, Germany

Featuring Futures

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The 5-question interview project EMBARK! give voice to groundbreaking change-agents, all dealing with the pressing topics of our epoch, wether in thought or practice:

What could be a catalytic role of art?
Is there still hope?
Which might be the impact of transdisciplinarity?
How does narration nourish our imaginary?
What are your personal creative strategies to enter a new process?

The stories explore the thoughts and practices of artists and experts - the result is a corpus of the most forefront visionaries, crafting a new epoch.

EMBARK! is an artistic research project by Madeleine Schwinge, edited by re:future lab.

ANNIKA YI

Conceptual artist
New York (USA)
'We rely on artists to create compelling visions of the future'

JOHANNA SEELEMANN

Conceptual designer
Leipzig (D), Amsterdam (NL and Reykjavik (IL)
'The arts can communicate complex topics in a tangible manner'

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ELENA SCHUETZ / SOMETHING FANTASTIC

Architects
Berlin (D)
'The state of crisis is where the other becomes thinkable. It is thus a driver for change'

MAYA MINDER

Conceptual Artist
Zurich (CH), Paris (F)
'It is only through the multitude that we build resilience'

CHARLIE STEIN

Painter
Berlin (D)
'Narration strengthens our sense of empathy'

SIGURD LARSEN

Architect, Designer
Berlin (D)
'Before we can create things, we need to imagine them'

SOLIMAN LOPEZ

Artist
Paris (F), Valencia/Madrid (E)
'We are at the historical moment that I call "the threshold” towards homo augmented or towards homo sapiens'

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MAGALI DANIAUX/CÉDRIC PIGOT

Artists
Paris (F)
'A holistic approach seems much more suitable'

JESSICA JOYCE SIDON

Culinary Entrepreneur
Berlin (D)
'Art - even political - shall be the expression of a free mind'

JOHANNA BRUCKNER

Visual Artist
Zurich (CH)
'The role of art involves strategies and formats for living with toxicity in its social-material manifestations'

PARSONS & CHARLESWORTH

Designer
Chicago (USA)
'We believe in the power of objects as a means of generating a contemplative space for an audience'

CHLOE PIENE

Visual artist
New York (USA), Warsaw (PL)
'This is key: ask questions. And then ask more questions'

MARIEKE EYSKOOT

Sustainable fashion-lifestyle expert
Amsterdam (NL)
'Art has such an amazing ability to scrutinise what we have become to accept as normal'

JOVANA POPIĆ

Multimedia artist
Berlin (D)
'Art could serve as some essential guidelines for new roadmaps'

UTA REICHARDT

Researcher, lecturer
Reykjavik (IL)
'Building a better future away from individual heroism'

HOLLIE MILLER

Performance Artist
London (UK)
'I’m interested in non-linear time, the layering of imagery and circular narratives'

VADIM OTTO URSUS HENSELDER

Culinary entrepreur
Berlin (D)
'Kunst und Kultur funktionieren und arbeiten als Spiegel unserer Gesellschaft und stehen in direktem Bezug zu ihr'

STELLA GEPPERT

Performance artist, Professor for sculpture
Berlin (D), Halle (D)
'Artistic creation is to practice tolerance of ambiguity without losing hope'

JUTTA WERNER

Interior designer, architect
Hamburg (D)
'The main thing in starting a process is to find silence'

GREGORY CHATONSKY

Multimedia Artist, Philosopher
Paris (F), MONTREAL (CN)
'I created the notion of 'disnovation' because the future is not shaped'

RUTH WIESENFELD

Composer, Curator
Berlin (D)
'I would hope for openness, curiosity and empathy within each single encounter'

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TINA SAUERLÄNDER

Art historian, curator, lecturer
Berlin (D), Marseille (F)
'Nur durch die Auseinandersetzung mit unbekanntem Terrain ist gesellschaftlicher Wandel möglich'