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Brussels’ futures fiction for and by young Brusselèirs

Discussion Panel

Future fictionsFuture policies
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22.09.24 · 18h

Language : EN

Duration: 1h30

Place: Riches-Claires

How collectively creating futures fiction can lead to more inclusive (so)ci(e)ties? Presentation of the work that BrusselAVenir made with young Brusselèirs, and discussion on how futures fiction can be used as a method, a format and a space.

July 2040: a television show called “The Slessurb Show” manages to hack every device and spreads throughout the city. Slessurb – Brussels in reverse – is a city where nothing seems to work and technology invades every aspect of life. The show features a series of events and objects that move beyond the current societal dysfunctionalities and finds new ways to meet, socialise, and bond.

The past four years BrusselAVenir has been making music, a TV show, a zine, an audio story and several short films, all set in near futures. Futures literacy equips young people with the skills, mindset, and agency needed to navigate an uncertain and rapidly changing world, shape their own future, and contribute to positive change for themselves and society.

BrusselAVenir presents their work with young people and their publications, and discusses with the audience how to use futures fiction as a method, as a format and as a space for emancipation.

BrusselAVenir
Triggered by the hoverboard of Back To The Future, BrusselAVenir started making futures fiction. They are a lab that makes, stages and spreads futures fiction with and for Brusselèirs. By engaging unusual suspects in imagining and conversing on futures of Brussels, they aim for more inclusive futures of Brussels. They explore different futures topics, and for every topic they work with different groups of citizens. They got a lot of attention with their radio show of the future on futures of climate, 20:30 Bruxsels Talks, that was set in the year 2030. Citizens, scientist and artists from the future shared their opinions on how Brussels had become climate proof in a socially just way. Last year, they shared 6 audio stories on futures of living together, Tram 20.3.0 Talks, via an audio installation on a tram while it traversed the city. The audio fictions shared narratives of encounters on the tram in the year 2030, told by the tram.
Website
brusselavenir.be
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Erasmus+
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