| Contents |
Prologue: Enter Future / Jason Mohaghegh -- Part I. Seven Prophecies of the Future. 1.0 Chimera / Nora Khan and Jason Mohaghegh -- 2.0. Cipher / Amy Ireland and Edward Keller -- 3.0. Temple / Carla Leitao and Dan Mellamphy -- 4.0. Reign / Nandita Biswas Mellamphy and Arshin Adib Moghaddam -- 5.0. Oracle / Anna Longo and Dejan Lukic -- 6.0. Surface / Laura Tripaldi and Michael Marder -- 7.0. Idol / Reza Negarestani and Jason Mohaghegh -- Part II: Future Labs. 1.0. Future Time Lab: Concepts: Speed, Memory, Death / Edward Keller -- 2.0. Future Space Lab: Concepts: Atmosphere, Dimension, The Infinite / Jason Mohaghegh -- 3.0. Future Movement Lab: Concepts: Wandering, Migration, the Border / Una Chung and Will Scarlett -- 4.0. Future Body Lab: Concepts: Sensation, Metamorphosis, Desire / Laura Tripaldi and Dana Dawud -- 5.0. Future Image Lab: Concepts: The Vital, the Visionary, the Artwork / Dejan Lukic -- 6.0. Future Illusion Lab: Concepts: Dream, Hallucination, Simulation / Nora Khan -- 7.0. Future Cosmos Lab: Concepts: Nature, Animality, The Geoscape / Damon Quasravie and Zahra Bonari -- 8.0. Future Thought Lab: Concepts: Consciousness, Perception, Imagination / Dan Mellamphy -- 9.0. Future Machine Lab: Concepts: The Digital, the Cybernetic, the Artificia / Nandita Biswas-Mellamphy -- Arshin Adib-Moghaddam -- 10.0. Future Power Lab : Concepts: Struggle, Spectacle, Utopia / Arshin Adib-Moghaddam -- 11.0. Future Fashion Lab: Concepts: Appearance, Touch, Materiality / Ghazal Zamani and Jason Mohaghegh -- 12.0. Future Virtual: Concepts: Immersion, Escape, Hyper-Reality / Ali Eslami -- 13.0. Future Violence Lab: Concepts: Decay, Terror, Poison / Reza Negarestani -- 14.0. Future Mysticism Lab: Concepts: Ritual, Sacrifice, Eternity / Andrea Cetrulo -- 15.0. Future Prophecy Lab: Concepts: Speculation, Question, Return / Anna Longo -- 16.0. Future X Lab: Concepts: ? / Federico Nieto, Sasha Shestakova, Anna Engelhardt -- 17.0. Non-Future Lab: Concepts: Threat, Disappearance, Destructions / Danna Albanyan, Sahej Rahal, Damon Quasravie, Asah Khan -- Part III: Future Library. 1.0. The Cosmological Archive / Ed Keller, Nora Khan, Carla Leitao, Jason Mohaghegh, Sahej Rahal, Will Scarlett -- Epilogue: Exit Future: Author: Bogna Konior. |
| Abstract |
What are the most radical transformations on the horizon of our world? And how are they irreversibly altering our experience of time, movement, language, mind, body, virtuality, power, and nature? Cloaked in relative obscurity, future eras compel the invention of new techniques of visionary speculation. Future's Theory provides many, shining a light on the infinity of possible futurities from multiple astonishing perspectives. Exploring how we imagine new ages in the 21st century, the book examines how alternate future dimensions will affect everything from our culture to our politics, our bodies to our minds. Filled with original work from over 20 prominent thinkers in the domains of literature, philosophy, visual art, architecture, design, media studies, ecology, anthropology, it features immersive entries on phenomena including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mass migration, speed, climate, geo-engineering, and automation. Contemplating the variables that will expand and distort these fields, Future's Theory opens up a new atmosphere for thought itself in the epochs to come. -- Publisher website 20260512 |
