The Art of the Impossible
Last month we were delighted to host NYU media and politics scholar Stephen Duncombe for our 12th(!) Honolulu Futures Salon. Duncombe is one of the most important voices in progressive politics, and his presentation did not disappoint.His talk, "The Art of the Impossible", can now be viewed here.
[apologies for the poor lighting and other technical imperfections, but the audio is loud and clear.]
Abstract:
Art of the Impossible: Creating Spaces to Imagine Alternative Futures
How can we imagine the future? Is it an exercise best left up to trained experts, or should it be a collective enterprise? In either case, how do we negotiate the problem of imagining a future through the mindset of the present. Author, activist and academic Stephen Duncombe makes the case that the best way to imagine our possible futures is through confrontation with the impossible, the absurd and the ridiculous. Drawing upon recent experiments in activist street art, Duncombe argues that is in engagement with the impossible that we can open up spaces for people to imagine scenarios of the future and free our imagination from the tyranny of the possible.
Details:
What: Futures Salon
Who: Steve Duncombe
When Friday, May 9, 6:30-8:00p
Where: Ward's Rafters
