Positive Futures: Mapping Monuments

Use writing and audio recording to imagine future technologies and their potential impact.

Use writing and audio recording to imagine future technologies and their potential impact.

Each class invites group discussion within a lively, social setting.

Inspired by Suzanne Treister’s Scientific Dreaming (2022) and AI Quantum Dreaming (2025), imagine hypothetical futures and their impact on local environments, and creatively explore future scientific and technological breakthroughs. Using writing diagrams and walking tours as inspiration, we will imagine sculptural monuments and markers dedicated to positive futures around Oxford.

This is a relaxed, social session to explore a new perspective on creative writing. We will be learning the unique writing process developed by Suzanne Treister during her residency at CERN, where she was collaborating with scientists to explore imaginary technological developments of the future. We will be following this process, imagining future public monuments and statues, and developing tour-guide style writing and audio recordings of these dreamed futures.

Your ticket includes all materials and a complimentary drink. Book before 22 September to benefit from our early bird discount.

About After Hours

Expand your creative skills in a lively, social space. Join a welcoming community of adult learners engaging in thoughtful, alternative approaches to art and discussion.

Modern Art Oxford’s After Hours series includes regular making sessions in the studio, a book club, and an opportunity to connect with artists, writers and curators to learn key industry skills from the Modern Art Oxford team, to support your emerging practice.