WHERE ARE WE NOW
UTOPIA Treasury, Great Arch Hall, Somerset House
Mon 14th – Sun 20th November 2016
Free Admission
Where are we now is a cultural cross section through Europe and Asia motivated by the recent migration crisis and exploring the links between place, belonging, happiness and people’s hopes and perception of the future.
Filmed during an eight-month cycling trip from London to Hong Kong, video interviews were recorded every one hundred kilometers asking the same questions, building a comparative sense of responses. The final result explores the paths of imagination and possibility in a Utopian non-place inhabited by the interviewees.
Expectations changed across the different countries and social environments encountered. How happy are we now, in relation to where we are? What do we expect from the future and what does our opinion of the future say about who we are now?
Thu 17th November, 1:30 pm
Talk "15 minutes of Utopia": Damian Hicks and Giulia Saccogna will introduce the idea behind the project and present a few Utopian stories.
Mon 14th – Sun 20th November 2016
Free Admission
Where are we now is a cultural cross section through Europe and Asia motivated by the recent migration crisis and exploring the links between place, belonging, happiness and people’s hopes and perception of the future.
Filmed during an eight-month cycling trip from London to Hong Kong, video interviews were recorded every one hundred kilometers asking the same questions, building a comparative sense of responses. The final result explores the paths of imagination and possibility in a Utopian non-place inhabited by the interviewees.
Expectations changed across the different countries and social environments encountered. How happy are we now, in relation to where we are? What do we expect from the future and what does our opinion of the future say about who we are now?
Thu 17th November, 1:30 pm
Talk "15 minutes of Utopia": Damian Hicks and Giulia Saccogna will introduce the idea behind the project and present a few Utopian stories.
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Where are we now is a project by Damian Hicks and Giulia Saccogna, presented as part of UTOPIA 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility.
Thanks to: Gareth Evans, Grace Perrett and Karishma Rafferty at Somerset House, and our translators: Kimberley MacFarlane, Alexandra Meggyes, Branislav, Anca Barbuc, Dolya Gavanski and Thea Films, Karina Nevlyudova, Alex Knott, Emanuela Pergolizzi, Paria Sadeghy, Yuldosh Juraboev and Open Central Asia International Festival OCAIF 2016, Iskandar Ding, Rachel Harris, Aziz Isa, Zhencheng Yang, Yifan Li.
Thanks to: Gareth Evans, Grace Perrett and Karishma Rafferty at Somerset House, and our translators: Kimberley MacFarlane, Alexandra Meggyes, Branislav, Anca Barbuc, Dolya Gavanski and Thea Films, Karina Nevlyudova, Alex Knott, Emanuela Pergolizzi, Paria Sadeghy, Yuldosh Juraboev and Open Central Asia International Festival OCAIF 2016, Iskandar Ding, Rachel Harris, Aziz Isa, Zhencheng Yang, Yifan Li.
Where are we now - Teaser from Damian Hicks on Vimeo.
From 14th to 20th November 2016
UTOPIA Treasury, Great Arch Hall Somerset House (South Wing) Strand, London, WC2R 1LA Opening times: Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat & Sun 10.00-18.00 Thu & Fri 11.00-20.00 |
