Myths Of The Near Future

Nobody is interested in the future at all. I think the future has been annexed into the present. Occasionally a futuristic image is trotted out, ransacked like an image of the past and absorbed into the ongoing continuum that represents present-day life.
(J.G. Ballard)

A night of performance and music examining China as one of the motifs of FUTURITY NOW!: Featuring four artists who represent a new wave of Chinese practitioners working beyond the constraints of social, political or geographical identity, Myths Of The Near Future will open up an axis between China and Berlin, exploring a future dialogue based on shared values of experimentation, digital practice and cultural exchange.

With performances by Feng Mengbo, FM3_Zhang (Zhang Jian) and aaajiao (Xu Wenkai). Ben Huang, the man responsible for bringing Beijing’s club scene to Europe (and vice versa) completes the evening with a DJ set at the Café Stage.

Presented by transmediale and CTM in cooperation with eARTS Festival Shanghai