CI Labs 23: Festival Futures

Join us as we explore the themes, ideas and methods our researchers used to produce FestForward magazine – a fictional, speculative cultural magazine, set in 2030, exploring digital and data-driven futures for Edinburgh and South East Scotland’s festivals.

FestForward, written in 2022 and produced in collaboration with Glasgow-based design researchers Andthen, was developed through interviews, conversations and workshops with individuals and organisations working in the region’s cultural sector. The magazine tells stories about possible futures – the good, the bad and the ugly – to stimulate conversations about how we work together in the present to discover and develop equitable and sustainable approaches to the application of digital and data-driven technologies.

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Host or Publisher Creative Informatics