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Futuring (Art for Building New Worlds)

Futuring showcases the work of 32 artists and collectives that look beyond the present climate moment to imagine alternative futures through radical ecology, worldbuilding, nature-based communication, Indigenous knowledge, and interconnectedness between nature, humanity, and technology. The exhibition highlights how art can inspire positive change for our planetary future.

 

The works in the indoor galleries center on worldbuilding, featuring artists utilizing VR/AR, moving image, robotics, real-time data visualization, gaming engines, and mixed media to envision alternative eco-futures. Some artists layer environmental knowledge into their work to underscore ecological concerns through an artistic lens. Others experiment with materials like bioplastic and live algae, revealing the interplay between human-generated and natural processes.


The outdoor installations carve out spaces for contemplation and connection with natural and built surroundings. These works ask: “What can we learn from the wisdom of organic systems and non-human entities?” They propose eco-conscious futures where the interconnectedness between humanity and the broader environment is acknowledged and nourished.

Many artists' works are rooted in social sculpture, actively shaping the future through participatory processes and foregrounding art's role in influencing societal structures. These practices include cultivating organic foods, collaborating with agricultural workers in California, and building green spaces for abolitionist futures. The approaches are grounded in collaborating with communities to create spaces for dialogue.

 

Futuring aims to inspire conversation, action, and, most importantly, imagination, prompting a shift in consciousness that harnesses the wisdom of nature to nurture more sustainable futures. 

 

Curated by Vera Petukhova.

Special CalArts Film and Video Showcase curated by Maisa Imamović.

Seating in the screening room designed and fabricated by Ása Arnadottir.

The exhibition is made possible with the support of The Muriel Pollia Foundation.

SCREENING SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 15

FRIDAY

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,

a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle
 

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell
 

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont
 

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont
 

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

09:00 PM - 10:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

SEPTEMBER 16

SATURDAY

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle
 

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle
 

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont
 

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging

by Betty Beaumont

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noiseby Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

09:00 PM - 10:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

SEPTEMBER 17

SUNDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

SEPTEMBER 18

MONDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

SEPTEMBER 19

TUESDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us, a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

SEPTEMBER 20

WEDNESDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane EI Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

SEPTEMBER 21

THURSDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane EI Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silicoby Lauren Fong

SEPTEMBER 22

FRIDAY

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

09:00 PM - 10:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

SEPTEMBER 23

SATURDAY

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

09:00 PM - 10:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Memory × Simulation

curated by Maisa Imamović

Memory Ruins
by Ke Huang

Visão do Paraíso
by Leonardo Pirondi

After the Phoenix Destroys the World
by Wenxin Zhou

SEPTEMBER 24

SUNDAY

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Consciousness and Communication

curated by Maisa Imamović

Om
by Yanbin Zhao

Nearest Neighbor
by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin

Menstrual Weatherbot
by Christine Gaffney and C. Bain

AS ABOVE SO BELOW
by Isabel Lucille Riedling

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali), Alice Bucknell

Mediterranean Sea Diaries
by Folly Feast Lab (Viviane El Kmati and Yara Feghali)

The Alluvials
by Alice Bucknell

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

This Earth
by Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Construction Poetics
by Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Live, New Myth, Shadow holding shape to experience the energy of the sun (Muscle, Bone & Sinew)

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Crenshaw Dairy Mart

Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod Manifesto

Heal With Us,
a performance piece presented at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart abolitionist pod (prototype) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA.

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

CalArts Film + Video Showcase: Digital Nature

curated by Maisa Imamović

Southwest
by Alexia De Montalembert and Lucas De Montalembert

Noise
by Julian Castronovo

Coded Anima: freediving in-silico
by Lauren Fong

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Isabel Beavers, Betty Beaumont

The Sky Has Not Yet Fallen
by Isabel Beavers

The Journey, Ocean Landmark Virtual World, Imagining Imaging
by Betty Beaumont

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Mark Dorf, Nina Sarnelle

A New Nature
by Mark Dorf

Lost Shark
by Nina Sarnelle

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