“Envisioning Futures Together. A Collaborative Exploration between Foresight Experts and Artists at the MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art” is a new publication on the Journal of Futures Studies by Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Chair of the Greece Node of The Millennium Project.

The paper discusses imagination and exploration of futures through arts by reporting activities and results of the INSPIRE 2023 project at MOMus – Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki, integrating art and futures research to foster innovative thinking and cultivate “futures literacy”.

The primary objective of this collaboration was to explore the dynamics, benefits and challenges of partnering with artists, curators and museum educators in imagining and utilizing the future, as well as acquiring knowledge for the further application of art in foresight practice. A secondary, yet equally important goal, particularly for the museum, was to support the curation of a science-based art exhibition focusing on futures.

The INSPIRE workshop was model was based on The Millennium Project’s Work/Tech 2050 scenarios.

The paper is available at https://jfsdigital.org/2024/05/18/envisioning-futures-together/