Future Framing

How does your current situation relate to the future?
Write for 30 mins with the following prompts: 
When I think of the future, I wonder... When I worry about the future, I wonder... When I hope for the future, I dream of.. I feel... I am prepared for... I am not prepared for...
I am lacking..

Storytelling in groups of 2 or 3.
Imagine yourself in the year 2025 and speak from the first person present. Where are you? What are you doing? What's going on? Try to be as concrete as possible about your life in 2020, letting your intuition and imagination bring you into that space. If you don't know, just make something up.

1. make a list of things that annoy and bother you. These can be things about yourself or about the world.
2. For each element, think of the positive counterpole - the things that excite you, motivate you, drive you.

These are core values that you find important.

Prepare an ingredient or dish that stands for something you want or need for the future.
Then write a recipe of how to prepare the future - all the ingredients you will need.

We will eat these together and share recipes.
Post your recipe at https://pad.xpub.nl/p/FutureFraming3

Make a map to position your practice

Where are you now?
Who / what do you want to connect with?
Where do you want to go?

1. Include a concrete future project or idea in your map
2. Write down keywords that are related: topics, genre, materials, etc
3. Think of a fantasy context for it to exist in: who would you like to work with?
4. Start connecting with the existing field
5. What are next steps you can take?

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS IN THE MAP
people (curators, critics, friends, collectives, mentors, inspirational figures, collaborators etc)
organizations (galleries, festivals, educational institutions, residencies, funding bodies etc)
audiences (or participants, people who you want to make work for, communities, individuals, networks where you'd like your work to circulate) 

What discipline domains do you engage with (in terms of subject matter, methods, approaches)?
Who are your discipline experts?
Where are the centres of expertise located?
Who are your potential collaborators/co-particpants?
What are the most significant publications, conferences, funding bodies, and exhibiting/performing spaces in your territory?
Where would you like to see your work published/exhibited/performed etc. (journals, publishers, arts institutions)?
What discourses and debates would you like your work to engage with?

EXERCISE 2: JOURNALING

EXERCISE 7: CORE VALUES

1 something you find fascinating
2 something that bothers you
3 something you work with: your favorite medium/material
4 something you made: a project, artwork, documentation etc
5 something you have: an object that is meaningful to you
6 something you want: something you don't have but would like to, someday…
7 something you wonder about: a question
8 something you worry about: a doubt
9 someone you admire
10 something you watch /listen to
11 WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET OUT OF THIS COURSE?

EXERCISE 1: INTRODUCE YOURSELF

EXERCISE 8: EAT THE FUTURE

EXERCISE 5: SPEAK THE FUTURE

EXERCISE 6: NAVIGATING THE FUTURE

EXERCISE 4: SHOW THE FUTURE

Collect an arrangement of object and/or images that show elements of what you hope for in the future.

EXERCISE 3: DRAW YOURSELF & THE FUTURE

Make a sketch or diagram of yourself and the future. Show it to one of your peers and discuss what you see.

EXERCISE 9: PAY THE FUTURE

Make a budget for a future project. The sky is the limit. Don't forget to pay yourself!


Make a budget for your personal needs and expenses. Now, in 5 and in 10 years.

EXERCISE 10: Tell the Future

Tell a story about you and your practice, grounded in concrete examples. Keep it small and concrete. Use you different persona to tell different parts of the story.

EXERCISE 13: Present the Future

Prepare a 10 minute presentation, using visuals. Include:
0) a HOOK: a small story to introduce yourself, your dreams / goals and ambitions
1) SELECTED PORTFOLIO a selection of some of your work
2) DREAM sketch the big picture of your aims and goals. Make it concrete!
3) MAPPING showing your current situation and where you want to go
4) FUTURE PITCH for a project and/or practice and how you imagine yourself in 5-10 years.
5) NEEDS state your needs (money, materials, network) - make it practical
6) QUESTIONS: your doubts, things you don't know, things to work on

Make the presentation as a STORY, with beginning middle and end.

EXERCISE 11: Become characters

Think of the different sides of your personality that can be useful for storytelling. The confident, the insecure, the angry, the sad, the anxious, the excited - they are all welcome. What tone of voice and expression do you use when you show that side of yourself?

Make a list of these characters, give them names
Think of a typical thing they would say

Present yourself and your characters (in groups of 3-4)

EXERCISE 14: Peer feedback

See feedback methods. Active participation in feedback for your group is part of the final assignment.

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EXERCISE 15: Wrap your plans