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The 18 Candidates Bring Their Concepts to Life
On Saturday and Sunday, during the public days of the Forecast Forum, 18 creative trailblazers and activists—three in each category—bring their concepts to life through various presentations and talks. At the end of the Forecast Forum, each mentor will select one candidate and accompany their concept to realization over the next nine months. Saturday, July →
Forecast Forum 2019
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Open Call 2019
Envision New Paths
We’re delighted to announce that the call for proposals for Forecast’s fourth edition is now open. Artists and practitioners working in all creative fields anywhere in the world are encouraged to apply with projects that tackle issues concerning the future, and what can we do to actively shape it. For this edition, Forecast has selected →
Updates 2019
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Saverio Cantoni
Living Matter: Organism 518400
Welcome. Make yourself comfortable. What’s a comfort zone? Does your comfort level depend on access to high‑speed WiFi?There is no WiFi here. FORGIVE-US. What brought you here? Did you see the flags? Or maybe you noticed the infrared painting at the entrance? Of course not, how could you? What’s Living Matter? Are you also hearing →
Omar A. Chowdhury
Moving Image: Augustijn
Augustijn is the title of a multichannel installation by artist Omar A. Chowdhury, based on his real-life chance encounter with a young Belgian man called Stijn, short for Augustijn, and the relationship the two have developed since then. The charismatic Stijn is a recent convert to Islam, and his devotion comes to the fore when →
Abhijan Toto
Looking: The Exhaustion Project
In the weeks following the Forecast Forum, Kolkata-based curator Abhijan Toto and his mentor, David Elliott, defined the main themes that run through Toto’s ongoing curatorial investigations in The Exhaustion Project. Each of the artists included in the latest iteration of the project devised by Toto, and which will be on view during the Forecast →
Moving Image
A Parallel World with Its Own Logic and Contradictions
Artist and filmmaker Omer Fast explains how he chose the three candidates for the Forecast mentorship program out of dozens of applicants: “I understand moving image in the broadest possible way, encompassing everything between live performance and film. The three artists I requested to work with all had strong work; each project can open a →
Beyond Radio
Dealing with Communication and Legibility, Translation, and Displacement
Radio producer and curator Peter Meanwell is the mentor in the category Beyond Radio, which he describes as being “about considering the notion of transmission and broadcast, but freed from the constraints of traditional radio infrastructures.” “We think of radio as the news that comes out of the box in the kitchen,” he adds, “and →
Looking
Not Just about Seeing
Curator David Elliott defined the category of his mentoring at Forecast as Looking. Why? “Looking is an active verb,” he explains. “It’s not just about seeing—it implies a ‘for.’ What is this ‘for’ and what does it have to do with art? This is the subject of my mentorship.” Through art and artistic practices, the →