Jednog dana u budućnosti
član Prakse na Bijenalu u Bordeauxu
Once upon a future
member of Praksa on art biennale in Bordeaux
07.10.2011.
U četvrtak, 6.listopada, u Bordeauxu je otvorena izložba „Jednog dana u budućnosti" koji su osmislili i kurirali član Prakse Emil Jurcan i kolektiv STEALTH. unlimited. Dio je to bijenala EVENTO 2011 koji se odvija pod motom „umjetnosti za urbanu (r)evoluciju“.
In Thursday, 6 October, an exhibition „Once Upon a Future“ opens in Bordeaux. It is created by Emil Jurcan from Praksa and STEALTH.unlimited collective. The exhibition is part of art biannual EVENTO 2011, which is directed under a motto „Art for Urban (Re)evolution“.
Projekt „Jednog dana u budućnosti“ inspiriran je građanskim inicijativama današnjice, te nastoji usuglasiti učestale motive, vizije i predanosti građana Bordeauxa u novi grad po mjeri čovjeka, razvijajući nove forme međusobne solidarnosti, kolektivnog života, bez agresivnog natjecanja i individualizma. Ova socijalna bajka zasnovana je na mnoštvu susreta sa predstavnicima građanskih inicijativa, institucija i diskusija koje su trenutačno aktualne u Bordeauxu, a propituju institucionalne strategije i planove za „bolji“ kolektivni život.
Once Upon a Future is a fiction of a possible Bordeaux in 2030, inspired by citizen’s initiatives, and made in the format of a novel and exhibition – with contributions by a writer and a number of graphic and comic artists. 2030 is a target year for Bordeaux – the year in which the city desires to reach the magic number of one million inhabitants. Once Upon a Future is an imagination of this city not just told through the institutional strategies and plans – but based on the activities of groups of inhabitants that are already today assembling to construct a ‘better’ collective life.
Izložba zamišlja Bordeaux u bliskoj budućnosti 2030. - ključne godine u kojoj bi grad trebao dosegnuti okruglu brojku od milijun stanovnika. Priča filozofa Brucea Bégouta, koju prate vizualni i grafički prilozi, započinje sa bijegom 10,234 stanovnika Islanda koji su uslijed velike ekonomske krize i prirodne katastrofe primorani napustiti svoju matičnu zemlju. Fiktivne izbjeglice prvo pronalaze smještaj na luksuznom cruiseru, gdje nakon višednevnog plutanja na oceanu promišljaju svoju budućnost idealnog društva. Konačno, struje ih dovedu do obala Bordeauxa gdje svojim doseljavanjem zaokruže magičnu brojku od milijun stanovnika. No tamo otkriju i čitav novi svijet lokalnih inicijativa i institucija koje prakticiraju samoorganizirani način građenja naselja, rada, zajedničkih prostora, produkcije energije da bi 2031.godine ostvarili i utjecaj na lokalnu politiku u gradu.
The narrative, written with writer and philosopher Bruce Bégout, follows a journey of 10,234 people escaping Iceland, after a catastrophic financial crisis and natural disaster hit the country in 2030. The refugees take shelter in the luxury cruise ship THE WORLD and drift the oceans searching for a new home. The endless hours spent at sea are an opportunity to think about the future and the type of society they want to build. Finally they get welcomed in Bordeaux, which at the time lacks people to satisfy its 1,000,000 goal. Once they arrive to Bordeaux, they discover and join a whole new world of local citizens initiatives and institutions that practice collaborative way of envisioning and making housing, working places, common spaces, energy production, to in 2031 reach a direct involvement in governing the city.