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Future Now Symposium Speakers 2021

Speakers at the Future Now Symposium 2021    

5 Artist Interviews
to Watch Online

Aesthetica collates five videos to watch and YouTube channels to browse – offering insights direct from some of the world’s leading creatives.

Future Now Symposium Speakers 2020

Speakers at the Future Now Symposium 2020

Aquatic Memory

Ghana-born British filmmaker John Akomfrah’s ‘Vertigo Sea’ looks at humanity’s complex relationship with water throughout history.

Why History Matters

Through three rooms of video installation, John Akomfrah’s new show at BALTIC is complex and ambitious, examining the borders of film.

5 to See: Eco-conscious Installations

Conservation and the fight for our planet occupies the front of collective minds in 2019, and artists are helping to further that narrative.

5 to See: This Weekend

Selected shows look at new technologies in photography, science and medicine, documenting economic and environmental realities.

5 to See: This Weekend

Top picks for the end of June include architectural structures, a celebration of female photographers and a call-to-action on the climate crisis.

10 to See: UK Summer Shows

Aesthetica collates 10 of the best exhibitions to see this summer, featuring the latest in digital technology and renowned self-portraiture.

Multiple Voices

This season Somerset House presents two landmark shows, each celebrating the multiplicity of perspectives that form modern Britain.

5 to See: This Weekend

New exhibitions investigate the meaning of home. Environmental film, surreal photography and installations visualise what it means to belong.

10 to See: Venice Biennale

The 58th International Art Exhibition is titled May You Live In Interesting Times. 2019’s artists creatively respond to political and social realities.

10 to See: US Summer Shows

Aesthetica’s selection of US exhibitions open this season investigates timely themes of surveillance, unseen sites and voyeuristic city scenes.

Addressing Diaspora

Signs of Empire, New Museum, New York, shines a light on John Akomfrah’s exploration of the global black diaspora through moving-image installations.

Human Intervention

John Akomfrah’s environmentally conscious video installation, Purple, offers meaningful dialogues about climate change.

Sounding Survival

During the final weekend of New Orleans’ triennial, Prospect 4 will be answered by an unsettling echo from across the Mississippi from Kara Walker.

5 to See: This Weekend

The contemporary moment is defined by a deluge of images and information. Exhibitions running 10-11 February examine the theme of truth.

Creative Forces

Following a two-year redevelopment project, Kettle’s Yard brings together 38 diverse practitioners for its opening exhibition.

5 to See: This Weekend

A selection of exhibitions running 23-24 December engage with the shifting ways in which human beings experience the world.

Artes Mundi: Global Viewpoints

National Museum Cardiff plays host to the eighth instalment of the Artes Mundi prize, due to be awarded in January 2019.