Body of Work 5: Futurism Now
BODY OF WORK 5
FUTURISM NOW
Early Futurism celebrated the raw velocity of industrial machinery. Over the past century, that trajectory shifted, moving inward by pioneering cybernetic theorists like Norbert Wiener, visualized by Syd Mead, written by visionaries Philip K. Dick and William Gibson, and theorized by the post-human philosophy of Donna Haraway. Their works foresaw a world where human consciousness, screen technology, and synthetic environments would inevitably merge.
Expanded by cultural theorists like Mark Fisher, Legacy Russell’s Glitch Feminism, and Octavia Butler’s speculative worlds, technology revealed itself not as neutral engineering, but as a battleground for identity, perception, and spatial agency.
In 2026, we are no longer speculating on that horizon: we are living inside it. Surrounded by synthetic (artificial) intelligence, neural architectures, robotics, and hyper-globalization, the frontier has moved from mechanical hardware to synthetic consciousness and digital perception.
Presented as part of Berlin New Media Week (2 - 6 September), Body of Work 5 at Studio1111 reclaims the movement for today’s creative class: the (digital) artists, visualists, sound designers, and frontier soft+hardware advancements driving contemporary culture at the intersection of media art and innovation.
Moving beyond nostalgic tropes, Body of Work 5 transforms the studio space into an active canvas to examine how real-time design, generative art, spatial installations, and visual media disrupts automated perception.
Across talks, visual showcases, and live audiovisual performances, the event probes where computational systems end and human awareness begins, carving out new ways to feel, resist, and construct meaning within our current reality.
As William Gibson famously observed:
"The future is already here - it’s just not very evenly distributed."
FUTURISM NOW asks:
When the future is no longer a distant horizon but our immediate environment, how do we actively shape the perception of what comes next?
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BODY OF WORK at STUDIO1111 is a 270° showcase series where leading visual artists present their most defining creations, immersing the audience in their signature (virtual) worlds. Each event features a deep artists talk, offering rare insight into the stories and processes, unpacking the hacks and ideas behind their work, plus a sprinkle of future-flavored trivia.
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