other ways of being

22-23

‘other ways of being’ was a collaboration with the Charleston Trust to imagine society differently in the Sussex museum home of the Bloomsbury Group - artists and intellectuals who famously lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles. Our students generated 39 speculative near futures for the site inspired by its historic liberal context and driven by social signals of change regarding genders and identities, relationships and interaction, pleasure and entertainment.

Partnership

Charleston Trust with thanks to Nathaniel Hepburn MBE Director and Chief Executive of Charleston for his belief and support and to Emily Gould-White for making it all happen.

Guest Critcs

Andre McQueen, Riya Patel, J Paul Neeley [Neeley Worldwide], Tobias Revell [Arup Design Futures], Conner Eastwood [PwC Futures], Finn Strivens [Futurall], Alba Imeri [Dive Without Fear]

Yuliang Kang, 'Parallel Infusion', 2052.

Yuliang Kang, 'Parallel Infusion', 2052.

Alice Penner, 'The Fleshy Apparatus', 2043.

Alice Penner, 'The Fleshy Apparatus', 2043.

Lucy Nurnberg, 'U-Haul Dyke Rescue', 2043.

Lucy Nurnberg, 'U-Haul Dyke Rescue', 2043.

Trista Tang, 'A Drowning Deity, Rebirthed', 2050.

Trista Tang, 'A Drowning Deity, Rebirthed', 2050.

Jiabao Guo, 'ANSA, Inc', 2070.

Jiabao Guo, 'ANSA, Inc', 2070.

Yujin Lee, 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost', 2049.

Yujin Lee, 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost', 2049.

Zijing Mei, 'The Tear House', 2043.

Zijing Mei, 'The Tear House', 2043.

Yue Sun, 'Take BACK Your Body', 2040.

Yue Sun, 'Take BACK Your Body', 2040.

Cooper Robinson, 'RetroQueer Carnalval', 2035.

Cooper Robinson, 'RetroQueer Carnalval', 2035.

Daun Jung, 'Aura Hotel', 2033.

Daun Jung, 'Aura Hotel', 2033.

Ason, 'A-Room', 2045.

Ason, 'A-Room', 2045.

Xin Yan, 'Post-Me-ism, Attach House', 2050.

Xin Yan, 'Post-Me-ism, Attach House', 2050.

Haomin Gu, 'Masking Rave', 2050.

Haomin Gu, 'Masking Rave', 2050.

Ariel Li, 'Building Nomadism, Move into your future', 2065.

Ariel Li, 'Building Nomadism, Move into your future', 2065.

Shicheng Zhou, 'Domestic Rewilding', 2050.

Shicheng Zhou, 'Domestic Rewilding', 2050.

Mauricio Salgado Arenas, 'Madame Parsons', 2042.

Mauricio Salgado Arenas, 'Madame Parsons', 2042.

Yuqing Bao, 'Kaleidoscope', 2041.

Yuqing Bao, 'Kaleidoscope', 2041.

Alexandra Ellerkamp, 'The Allegorist's Archive', 2047.

Alexandra Ellerkamp, 'The Allegorist's Archive', 2047.

Tessa Verity, 'The Orchard', 2040.

Tessa Verity, 'The Orchard', 2040.

Yuan Wang, 'Plant Bank', 2055.

Yuan Wang, 'Plant Bank', 2055.

Jin Zhan, 'Future Funerals', 2050.

Jin Zhan, 'Future Funerals', 2050.

Xingyu Chen, 'Intimai Institute', 2035.

Xingyu Chen, 'Intimai Institute', 2035.

Yujia Wu, 'Charleston WakeEternity Hub', 2050.

Yujia Wu, 'Charleston WakeEternity Hub', 2050.

Toyosi Adenuga, 'Iyoba's Trace', 2036.

Toyosi Adenuga, 'Iyoba's Trace', 2036.

Yadi Chen, 'The Paideia Institute', 2050.

Yadi Chen, 'The Paideia Institute', 2050.

Jiayi Lin, 'Life Chapter', 2043.

Jiayi Lin, 'Life Chapter', 2043.

Yikai Wang, 'AI World', 2043.

Yikai Wang, 'AI World', 2043.

Cleo Zhang, 'Rental Elysium', 2052.

Cleo Zhang, 'Rental Elysium', 2052.

Xi [Sherry] Kang, 'W-Floor', 2052.

Xi [Sherry] Kang, 'W-Floor', 2052.

Umme Hanny, 'Reality?', 2050.

Umme Hanny, 'Reality?', 2050.

Marguerite Royer, 'GenexLife', 2053.

Marguerite Royer, 'GenexLife', 2053.

Miriam Dreyer, 'The Near Past of Intergenerational Trauma', 2052.

Miriam Dreyer, 'The Near Past of Intergenerational Trauma', 2052.

Mingzhen Bai, 'Information Explosion', 2052.

Mingzhen Bai, 'Information Explosion', 2052.

Palika Nitisiri, 'Art is the New Currency', 2053.

Palika Nitisiri, 'Art is the New Currency', 2053.

Nickel [YiKai] Woo, 'BTN Healing Center', 2053.

Nickel [YiKai] Woo, 'BTN Healing Center', 2053.

Qingyu Tian, 'Body Without Organs', 2043.

Qingyu Tian, 'Body Without Organs', 2043.

Anqi Liu, 'CELAND', 2040.

Anqi Liu, 'CELAND', 2040.

Zijian Chen, 'KIN Festival', 2053.

Zijian Chen, 'KIN Festival', 2053.