\’ery \’ery ≠ar .\way (\’\’≠.\) is a collaborative research project focussed on democratising future narratives. \’\’≠.\ uses space exploration as a lens to examine current ideas and beliefs that may pertain to future societies.
Initiated in 2015 by Andrew Friend and Sitraka Rakotoniaina, \’\’≠.\ explores multiple perspectives at once, bringing members of the public and experts together to craft and disseminate new cultural fictions.
Through co-enquiries, podcasts and a series of special projects \’\’≠.\ engages and empowers audiences both in the reimagining and the communication of their futures. From installations, digital visualisations, sounds devices, objects and performances \’\’≠.\ crosses multiple media to embody and capture elements of the narratives formed during the co-enquiry.
\’\’≠.\ explores new modes of creative collaboration between artists, technologists, scientists and partner institutions worldwide.
2021
Lunar Denizens
NSPDOS - CityXVenice
Italian Virtual Pavillion, Venice Biennale
Venice, IT
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Human Considerations: Speculation on Lunar Habitation
NSPDOS - CityXVenice
Italian Virtual Pavillion, Venice Biennale
Venice, IT
2020
A More Familiar Unknown
Late at Tate - From Tomorrow
Tate Britain
London, UK
2019
A Familiar Unknown
Diaspore - Forest Rangers
Jupiter Woods
London, UK
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Objects as Narratives
Speak My Language
Dublab
Los Angeles, CA. USA
2018
VVFA Live
Sugarhouse Open Studios
London Design Festival
Sugarhouse Studios
London, UK
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Tales from a future
Imagine If, festival
Tate & Institute of Imagination
London, UK
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VVFA, Lecture
Art and Science of collective motion conference
Hungarian University of Fine Arts + Leonardo Journal
Budapest, HU
2017
VVFA
Liminal, The Good Life
Palatul Cantacuzino
Bucharest, RO
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Democratising future narratives
68th International Astronautical Congress
Space Culture Symposium
Adelaide Convention Center
Adelaide, AU
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VVFA
Critical Integrated Practice
MA Material Futures, Industrial Design and Design by Project
Central St Martins, University of the Arts
London, UK
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VVFA Live
Digital Design Weekend
London Design Festival
Victoria and Albert museum
London, UK
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New Cultrual Fictions
Fine Art Talk
London Festival of Architecture
StudioRCA
London, UK
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Dead
Near Future Fictions vol. 1
Virtual Futures
Lights of Soho
London, UK
2016
Another Excellent Waiting Room
Nunns Yard Gallery
Norwich, UK
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Reverse Archeology – Crafting narratives through designed artefacts
Master Talk
Masterstudio
FHNW Institut Integrative Gestaltung
Basel, CH
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Crafting narratives
Connected Devices, Design Fictions & Future Possibilities
Casa Jasmina / Officine Arduino
Turin, IT
2015
Fabricating Empathy
Spektrum
Berlin, DE
2019
If You Don't Organise Yourselves You will be Organised
BA Design
Goldsmiths University
London, UK
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Made in China
School of Machines, Making and Make Believe
Yeast / Seeed Studio
Shanghai / Shenzhen, CN
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Objects as Monuments
Media Design Practices
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, USA
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Introduction to Speculative Design
Fjord
Accenture
Paris, FR
2018
Introduction to designed objects
AIADO
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Chicago, USA
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VVFA/Speculative Design
Local and Public Services Team, Canary Wharf
Ernst and Young LLP
London, UK
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Research methods
Ravensbourne Postgraduate
Ravensbourne
London, UK
2017
VVFA: the extreme land
Ramdom, Default 17
LastStation
Gagliano del Capo, IT
2015-2017
VVFA: Fabricating Fictions
Space Art & Technology
The White Building
London, UK
2016
VVFA
Masterstudio
FHNW Institut Integrative Gestaltung
Basel, CH
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Coming Soon
School of Machines, Making and Make Believe
Casa Jasmina / Officine Arduino
Turin, IT
2015
Fabricating Empathy
School of Machines, Making and Make Believe
Acud
Berlin, DE
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CoLab — Art and Technology Residency
Space Art & Technology
Space Studios
London, UK