29 September 2016 | 20:30

XEN screening - “Future my love” by Maja Borg #207

Doors: 19:30 / Start time: 20:30
Entrance upon donation / Limited seats

The XenoEntites Network will present a screening of the film 'Future my love' by Maja Borg which explores collective and personal utopias, and presents the Venus Project, designed by the futurist and social utopianist Jacque Fresco. How could such utopian models/projects shape human relationships?

Curated by Pedro Marum and Rita Macedo
Invited guests: Anton Burdakov and Wanda Vrasti

“The future not only can, but has to be different, despite the heartbreak.” - Maja Borg

Future my love is a unique love story challenging our collective and personal utopias in search of freedom. At the brink of losing the idealistic love of her life, filmmaker Maja Borg takes us on a poetic road trip through the financial collapse, exploring a radically different economic and social model proposed by 95-year-old futurist Jacque Fresco. How much freedom are we prepared to give to the ones we love? And how much responsibility are we ready to take for our society? Carefully weaving a texture of archive footage, black and white Super 8 film, and colour HD, Borg poignantly depicts the universal struggle between our heads and hearts in times of big change.

After the screening there will be a discussion with the curators and two invited guests, Anton Burdakov, a visual artist with background in neuroscience, and Wanda Vrasti, a researcher, writer and nano-community organiser based in Berlin, who were invited to share their ideas on social utopianism and how they relate to their work and research.