Swissnex Window #11: Back In The Future/Forward In The Future

Swissnex in Japan presents "BACK IN THE FUTURE / FORWARD IN THE FUTURE", featuring students from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). The exhibition invites to explore speculative futures through art, with creations encouraging reflecting on the role of art in shaping the future.

Suejin Hong & Noémie Rubio Meau

Joela Vogel & Thilda Bourqui

Aligned with the Swiss Pavilion’s three core themes – Augmented Human, Life, and Planet – “BACK IN THE FUTURE / FORWARD IN THE FUTURE” addresses speculative narratives and the role of arts in anticipating the future. Students from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) worked in small mixed groups between January and June 2025, utilizing various media and forms of expression to create artistic representations and animations that bring futuristic scenarios of our society to life.

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Credits

Exhibitors:

  • Dream Maiden: Thilda Bourqui, Joela Vogel
  • I Want The Images I Dreamt Of: Xafya Lovecraft
  • Empty Streams Carving out Canyons: Rubén Gil, Izaak Most, Carla Plan, Inès Valloton
  • the weather is WHAT?? – weather forecast of Switzerland, February 10, 2031 – by MeteoSwiss: Gal Abramovich
  • After Memory – Verified by DataSafe: Yannic Bründler
  • Virtual Dreams: Helen Allemand, Chloé Jaquet, Malik Karali
  • Without Title: Anaïs Hofstetter, Candice Perrenoud, Nathan Darbellay
  • Percolations: Suejin Hong, Noémie Rubio Meau

Curators: 

  • Swetlana Heger-Davis, Director Department of Fine Arts, ZHdK
  • Frank Westermeyer, Head of Information Fiction, Visual Arts, HEAD – Geneva and Coordinator of HEAD’s teaching at EPFL

Exhibitors

Curators

Organized by

  • Zhdk
  • HEAD
  • Swissnex

With the support of

  • Fondation Sakae Stünzi
  • Swiss Pavilion

Swissnex for the Planet

This exhibition is in collaboration with the Swissnex for the Planet initiative. From climate change to biodiversity loss, science has exposed deep fractures in the relationship between humans and the Earth. Swissnex for the Planet is an initiative to explore a new form of diplomacy focused on rebalancing human and nonhuman interests on this planet.

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