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In 2020, 250 future-building participants come together with 40 artists, thinkers, provocateurs and cultural operators to envision and explore the year 2029.

The Things We Made next is five commissioned designs that bring these visions into, or closer into being.

Ngiyaa
Alison Page

Dadirri and the fateful
trajectory of 2020-2029

Jordan Lacey

Revolution
transmogrified
from human
intent to a
non-human
becoming

Are we there yet?
Damien Wright

Recovery
Amanda Anastasi

The highway is
dotted with
recovery vans

2027 Care Log,
published by Marrickville Local Area Caregiving Collective

Ella Cutler

The Universal Caregiver Society
Anne Manne

It was about
Stepping through
That portal and
Creating a new
Social imaginary
Around Care

don’t be an arsehole
Su san Cohn

The Donut Swallows the Hole
Tim Baker

Its real
substance, Its
heft, its essence
And tastiness
Dwelt in the
outer Circle,
the margins

Breathe Together (Aspergillus tubingensis) 2029
Tessa Zettel

The fUNgus Amongst Us
Pippa Bailey

Fungus has been
Deployed to
Destroy plastic
Helping to resolve
The waste crisis
Created form the 1950s to the 2020s

We're exploring new opportunities and contexts for We're exploring new opportunities and contexts for our futuring practice, The Things We Did Next, including with Purpose Conference, a gathering of some of the biggest minds working in purpose driven, responsibly focused business in Australia – businesses thinking deeply about the future. So we're attending this year's @purpose__conf at Carriageworks in Sydney next week to consider what impact a creative futuring practice can have on the way business works. We'd love to see some friends there! Check out www.purposeconference.co for more info and tickets, and use discount code notyet100 if you'd like to come along.

#AFTF2029 #Purpose23 @not_yet_its_difficult
And to round out our Dispatches from the Future fr And to round out our Dispatches from the Future from Uncharted Territory, we have ‘Alphabet of Alternative Intelligences’, an e-book with each letter generated (or mis-generated) by AI, creating an AR overlay that replaces ‘artificial’ with another valuable form of intelligence. So cool! 

Dispatch by Anna Madeleine Raupach, generated with Future-Makers Kirandeep, Alice, Sarah, Anthony and Cora.

Check out the complete artwork, along with the full set of Dispatches from the Future Uncharted Territory at thethingswedidnext.org - link in bio!

These Dispatches were created by Assembly for the Future Artist-Moderators @unchartedterritory_cbr, together with audience Future-Makers, cross-pollinated with Bhiamie Williamson's provocation, and stimulated by responses from artist-researcher Erica Seccombe and creative technologist Keir Winesmith!

@bhiamie  @ejseccombe  @kaya.wilson  @anna_madeleine  @aliplevey  @barrina_south  @ninav137  @not_yet_its_difficult  @_echotango_  #AFTF2029 @unchartedterritory_cbr  #UnchartedTerritoryCBR
#EventsACT #whatsonincanberra #visitcanberra #WeAreCBR #ourANU @ouranu
"Combining Kafka’s writing with First Nations Au "Combining Kafka’s writing with First Nations Australian Dreamtime narratives can create a unique blend of existential themes and Indigenous spiritual perspectives..."

AI REMIX, a Dispatch from the Future by Nina Sellars - @ninav137 - generated with Future-Makers Emily, Meg & Rocco.

Check out the complete artwork, along with the full set of Dispatches from the Future Uncharted Territory at thethingswedidnext.org - link in bio!

These Dispatches were created by Assembly for the Future Artist-Moderators @unchartedterritory_cbr, together with audience Future-Makers, cross-pollinated with Bhiamie Williamson's provocation, and stimulated by responses from artist-researcher Erica Seccombe and creative technologist Keir Winesmith!

Image Description:
Black image with white light emanating out in bands from two central points. To the right of the image is a ChatGPT generated essay titled, "Kafka Combined with First Nations Australian Dreamtime". 

@bhiamie  @ejseccombe  @kaya.wilson  @anna_madeleine  @aliplevey  @barrina_south  @ninav137  @not_yet_its_difficult  @_echotango_  #AFTF2029 @unchartedterritory_cbr  #UnchartedTerritoryCBR @kiri.morcombe 
#EventsACT #whatsonincanberra #visitcanberra #WeAreCBR #ourANU @ouranu
"It's 2029 and the Emu has been reintroduced to Ta "It's 2029 and the Emu has been reintroduced to Tasmania/lutruwita..."
Emu Debrief, a Dispatch from the Future by @kaya.wilson, generated with Future-Makers Alberto, Peter, Louise, Zsuzsi, and Andrew.

Check out the complete artwork, along with the full set of Dispatches from the Future Uncharted Territory at thethingswedidnext.org - link in bio!

These Dispatches were created by Assembly for the Future Artist-Moderators @unchartedterritory_cbr, together with audience Future-Makers, cross-pollinated with Bhiamie Williamson's provocation, and stimulated by responses from artist-researcher Erica Seccombe and creative technologist Keir Winesmith!

@bhiamie  @ejseccombe  @kaya.wilson  @anna_madeleine  @aliplevey  @barrina_south  @ninav137  @not_yet_its_difficult  @_echotango_  #AFTF2029 @unchartedterritory_cbr  #UnchartedTerritoryCBR
#EventsACT #whatsonincanberra #visitcanberra #WeAreCBR #ourANU @ouranu 

Image Description - 
The title Emu Debrief is on a background of swirling red lines.
"Cabinet Papers 2029-30: Pine Gap 6 Innocent The C "Cabinet Papers 2029-30: Pine Gap 6 Innocent
The Canberra Post
1 January 2050"
Dispatch by Felicity Ruby, generated with Future-Makers Caroline, Samantha, Martin, Daniel and Jeremy Jo. 

Check out the complete artwork, along with the full set of Dispatches from the Future Uncharted Territory at thethingswedidnext.org - link in bio!

These Dispatches were created by Assembly for the Future Artist-Moderators @unchartedterritory_cbr , together with audience Future-Makers, cross-pollinated with Bhiamie Williamson's provocation, and stimulated by responses from artist-researcher Erica Seccombe and creative technologist Keir Winesmith!

@bhiamie  @ejseccombe  @kaya.wilson  @anna_madeleine  @aliplevey  @barrina_south  @ninav137  @not_yet_its_difficult  @kiri.morcombe @_echotango_  #AFTF2029 @unchartedterritory_cbr  #UnchartedTerritoryCBR
#EventsACT #whatsonincanberra #visitcanberra #WeAreCBR #ourANU @ouranu 

Image Description:
Crop of newspaper article with date 1 January 2050, and headline 'Pine Gap 6 Innocent'
"The six of us came together, to change the world "The six of us came together, to change the world
stood on tables, and bared our purple stockings..."
Purple Stockings, a Dispatch from the Future by @barrina_south , generated with Future-Makers Harriett, Bridget, Saskia, Bec and Jodi.
Read the full poem, along with the full set of Dispatches from the Future Uncharted Territory at thethingswedidnext.org - link in bio!

These Dispatches were created by Assembly for the Future Artist-Moderators @unchartedterritory_cbr, together with audience Future-Makers, cross-pollinated with Bhiamie Williamson's provocation, and stimulated by responses from
artist-researcher Erica Seccombe and creative technologist Keir Winesmith.

@bhiamie @ejseccombe @kaya.wilson 
@anna_madeleine @aliplevey @barrina_south @ninav137 @kiri.morcombe
@not_yet_its_difficult @_echotango_ 
#AFTF2029
@unchartedterritory_cbr #UnchartedTerritoryCBR
#EventsACT #whatsonincanberra #visitcanberra
#WeAreCBR #ourANU @ouranu

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