Workshop: Mapping Futures

Helena Hildur W., visual artist
 

Mars is depicted as a potent bringer of violence and destruction. Many among us have also experienced the actual pains and traumas of migration, displacement, escape from unbearable circumstances…  

Still, there will always be futures beyond warfare.

How do we understand our true needs – and how can they be fulfilled in times of turmoil?
Which values are worth building a future upon? 
How could new paths be found when the old ways are lost?

The Mapping Futures workshop invites participants to reflect, share experiences, and co-create on this theme. We’ll use mapmaking as a working format, along with movement and listening. And – since play is a very serious business – the workshop will stay open for playfulness, too. 

Helena Hildur W. was born in Stockholm (1956) and educated at the Royal Institute of Art (1981–87). Grounded in painting and drawing, she also works with installations and facilitates various kinds of creative collaborative processes. Among other assignments, she has been the coordinator forthe Nomadic University project at Åbo Akademi University (2010–12) and an artist at the immersive art and theatre project Satan’s Democracy (2015–18). Since 2018, she has been part of the sound/art collective Ljudtornet.