Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making

Name: Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making
Start: 2025-11-13T10:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-11-15T21:00:00+08:00
Location: ArtScience Museum

Schedule

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

ArtScience Museum | Singapore, SG

𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making is an invitation to hold the future open. It brings together the community in a shared exploration of plural worlds emerging from the equator — worlds that are generous, resilient and already in the making.
Against the grain of dystopian imaginaries, the festival celebrates futures that are relational and cautiously hopeful. Drawing from the themes of Another World Is Possible exhibition, it foregrounds imagination as a form of care, generosity as a guiding practice, and attentive co-creation as a foundation for how we shape worlds together.
Through conversations, art and participatory experiences, the festival becomes a living constellation of ideas and experiences: a space to experiment with new ways of thinking, sensing and making together. World-making is tangible, fragile and powerful, unfolding through the collective curiosity and care of everyone present.
Futures Festival unfolds across interconnected streams, each offering a unique way to explore, imagine and shape the futures we inhabit. Whether through dialogue, sound, cinema or participation, there is a path for every curiosity.

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗪𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
📅 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗦𝗮𝘁), 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺 – 𝟲.𝟰𝟱𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: $𝟭𝟱
What might it mean to imagine the future generously? Who is generosity for, and how is it practised? What does it ask us to give up, or give back?
Generous Futures, Woven Together brings together architects, scientists, artists, writers, foresight practitioners, policymakers and youth in a plural conversation about how we shape what comes next. Each voice offers a distinct way of thinking with and through the future: from speculative fiction to strategic foresight, regenerative design to ecological care. The programme invites reflection on how generosity might be expressed through imagination, infrastructure, the stories we tell, and the systems we build.
Anchored in Singapore’s social and cultural landscape, yet attuned to global urgencies, this symposium invites us to hold the future open — radically and together.
Keynote contribution by Peter Ho (Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures).

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗾 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺
📅 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗦𝗮𝘁), 𝟴𝗽𝗺 – 𝟴.𝟰𝟱𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟬, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟯
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: $𝟱
For one night only, sound and movement converge in a living ceremony. In this collaborative performance, sound artist Syafiq Halid activates his 14-channel installation in Another World Is Possible exhibition with the presence of dance artist Norhaizad Adam, extending his sonic philosophy into the moving body.
Loops, fragments and resonances become more than music. They are rituals of return. Norhaizad’s gestures call forth arrivals and departures, presences and absences, summoning the unseen energies that linger within the space. Together, the artists craft an encounter with inheritance and care: datang tempat orang, beradap dan hormat. jaga diri — to enter another’s place with respect, care and awareness.
The performance invites us into a shared ritual where sound becomes ceremony, memory becomes movement, and the space itself seems to remember us. A celebration and a listening, a marking and a gathering, The Space Remembers You opens a moment in which past and future inhabit the present, where we are called to witness, honour and enter gently into another’s world.

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗔𝗼𝗯𝗮
📅 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟳𝗽𝗺; 𝗙𝗿𝗶 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟵𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗢𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝘀, 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮
🎟️ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Enter the dreamlike archipelago of Windswept Adan, a multi-channel sound installation by singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba. Conceived as a soundtrack to an imaginary film during journeys through the Ryukyu Archipelago, the work invites visitors into a speculative world where music and imagination intertwine.
At its heart is the story of a young girl exiled from her home on the fictional island of Kirinaki. Travelling to Adan, a place alive with plants, animals and creatures who communicate using seashells instead of words, she encounters wonder, loss and transformation. Her journey echoes the cycles of life, emphasising impermanence and the interconnectedness of all beings.
This narrative unfolds through spatialised sound: Aoba’s delicate vocals interwoven with orchestral textures, field recordings and instruments both familiar and unusual — from harp and celesta to charango and prepared piano. The installation conjures tides, breezes, birdsong and other sonic contours, enveloping visitors in an immersive, emotional landscape.

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗸
📅 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟳𝗽𝗺; 𝗙𝗿𝗶 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟵𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭
🎟️ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
In Threshold, sound artist Louis Quek proposes futures where boundaries and margins dissolve, existing instead in a perpetual state of endless transitions.
Within a sonic landscape shaped by subtle shifts in tone, subharmonic vibrations and spatial resonance, Quek creates an environment where divisions lose their hold: between centre and periphery, sound and silence, self and surrounding. These fleeting moments are reimagined as potential sites for transformation, uncanny stillness and radical presence.
The installation unfolds as a space to drift, notice and recalibrate — inviting us to reflect on how we listen, and how a world in flux might also be a world of possibility.

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗸
📅 𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗧𝗵𝘂), 𝟴𝗽𝗺 – 𝟵𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁: 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: $𝟱
What boundaries dissolve when we listen deeply to spaces, to each other, to the unseen? In this guided walk, sound artist Louis Quek invites participants into a slow, contemplative journey shaped by the textures of the everyday. Drawing on principles of deep listening and sonic poetics, the walk encourages a porous mode of attention, one where listening is more about presence.
As a companion to his installation Threshold, the walk extends Quek’s exploration of dissolving boundaries: between listener and environment, sound and silence, self and other. Each step becomes a practice of attunement, an invitation to notice the flux and resonance that ripple just beneath the surface of daily life.
In a world often overwhelmed by noise and velocity, A Sonic Walk offers a rehearsal for other ways of being and gentler futures that are imagined through attention.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿: 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲
📅 𝟭𝟰 & 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗙𝗿𝗶 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁), 𝟳𝗽𝗺 – 𝟴𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁: 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟯
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: $𝟱 (𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱)
Delve into the curatorial thinking behind the exhibition and explore exhibition highlights in this curator’s guided tour of Another World is Possible.
Led by Joshua Lau (Assistant Curator, Exhibitions), this tour will explore the practice of futuring and worldbuilding underpinning the exhibition’s curatorial development.
Discover how themes of resilience, care and plural possibility manifest and intersect across galleries, presenting alternative futures that challenge the Western default of dystopian worlds. This tour offers guests an opportunity to experience the exhibition through the lens of its making, tracing the ideas and questions that inspired the project.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
📅 𝟭𝟯 & 𝟭𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗧𝗵𝘂 & 𝗙𝗿𝗶)
📍 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰
🎟️ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 & 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Visions of the Future is a screening programme offering alternative interpretations of the future beyond dominant Western tropes, highlighting stories of resilience, adaptation and relational imaginaries over dystopian narratives.
Gain a curator’s insight into the themes and behind-the-scenes perspectives explored in Visions of the Future in special film presentations with introduction by Rachel Wong (Assistant Curator, Public Programmes). Encounter moving image as a way of sensing, dreaming and dwelling in worlds in the making.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱: 𝗔 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗥
📅 𝟭𝟯 & 𝟭𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗧𝗵𝘂 & 𝗙𝗿𝗶), 𝟮.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺; 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗦𝗮𝘁), 𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗩𝗥 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: $𝟭𝟮
Delve into the comic book visual inspirations and the power of character-driven storytelling in Liam Young’s Planet City universe in this curator’s introduction of The Drone Shepherd: A Planet City Graphic Novel in VR.

Beginning with an introduction by Jerome Chee (Curator, Moving Image and Emerging Media), embark on a bold, futuristic journey with the Drone Shepherd as he travels to Planet City — a single city built to house 10 billion people. Explore what it means to inherit, care for and belong to a rapidly transforming world in this city where themes of climate collapse, automation and ethical choice intersect.

Making its World Premiere at ArtScience Museum’s VR Gallery, this new VR artwork by Liam Young is part of the acclaimed Planet City project that expands the graphic novel format into an immersive, stylised environment.

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
📅 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟳𝗽𝗺; 𝗙𝗿𝗶 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁: 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟵𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮
🎟️ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Imagine receiving a postcard from decades ahead. What kind of world would it speak of? What imaginative visions might it hold?
In this participatory activity, dreamers of all ages are invited to share messages from their future selves on postcards. Through writing, drawing or collage, respond to prompts that invite you to imagine the world you hope to live in and how you might begin shaping it today.
Each postcard joins an evolving installation that grows with every contribution. These expressions form a collective act of worldbuilding, inviting you to read and respond to another’s vision, and to share your own.
Postcards from the Future is playful, reflective and inclusive. It celebrates a future where everyone has a voice — and a place to leave their mark. A companion to the exhibition Another World Is Possible, this activity extends an open invitation:
Pause. Dream. Leave a message for the world to come.