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UNCANCELLING

THE FUTURE

Winter/Spring 2025

 

THE FUTURE HASN’T VANISHED FROM OUR HORIZON DUE TO FEARS, CRISES, OR UNCERTAINTY—IT’S GONE BECAUSE WE GAVE UP IMAGINING IT. WHAT WAS ONCE A REALM OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES HAS TURNED INTO A SOURCE OF ANXIETY, A FRACTURED EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT THAT WE CAN NEITHER CONFRONT NOR SEE BEYOND. NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM, OBSESSED WITH SHORT-TERM GAINS, HAS FLATTENED THE FUTURE INTO A STAGNANT PRESENT, TRAPPING US IN NOSTALGIA AND ERODING OUR BELIEF IN TRANSFORMATION.

 

‘UNCANCELLING THE FUTURE’ IS THE ONLY PATH FORWARD FOR THIS GENERATION. HOPE ISN’T PASSIVE—IT’S A TOOL TO RECLAIM OUR AGENCY, TO REIGNITE THE BELIEF THAT CHANGE ISN’T JUST POSSIBLE BUT INEVITABLE. AND CHANGE ALWAYS BEGINS WITH THE COURAGE TO IMAGINE A FUTURE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE WE’VE BEEN TOLD IS INEVITABLE.

 

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The intent of the project is to explore the universe of youth, in the context of a present time marked by a continuous state of crisis. Our interest is to enlighten the genuine and non-codified aspects of youth and of the new emerging generation by directing our gaze far from institutionalized geography and trends, and above the current standardization that tends to conform the experience of youth in regulated forms.