31.05 - 02.06.2024
is it too much to
dream of utopia?
SHAPESHIFT is a series of events exploring constant transformation and the relationship between humanity, creativity, and innovation. With the help of diverse lecturers and activities, we dive deep into how creativity, art, science, technology, and curiosity shape and reshape our world. How do we embrace change? Are we ready to learn and evolve constantly?
The theme of SHAPESHIFT Festival 2024 was inspired by recent and ongoing events in the world. It challenges the relationship between vision and action, what we believe in and what we actually do, or don't, to support those beliefs as individuals and as members of a technology-driven society.
Is It Too Much To Dream of Utopia?
Suddenly, we find ourselves far from the future we were promised. Or imagined. Regardless of the endless opportunities we have at our fingertips thanks to technology and science we've somehow managed to create a reality that sometimes comes closer to a nightmare than to a dream. For now.
Where have we gone wrong? What can we do about it at this point? How can we use creativity and innovation to rebuild the world into a place free from conflict, polarisation, environmental damage, mental and physical hindrances? How can we make a long-term impact that positively affects our global community and the world around us for generations to come?
A lot of questions and only three days to try to find the answers to them. Together.
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Magda Mojsiejuk (PL/ES)
SPEAKER
► Lead Artifact Designer at Futurity Systems
► Founder of inTENSE Magazine
Polish artist and researcher Magda Mojsiejuk is Lead Artifact Designer at Futurity Systems, a consultancy based in Barcelona that provides Futures-as-a-Service. She creates prototypes for future products and services, and recently initiated inTENSE, а speculative lifestyle magazine from 2030 and beyond.
Irini Papadimitriou (GR/UK)
SPEAKER
► Creative Director at FutureEverything
Irini Papadimitriou is a curator and cultural manager. She is currently working as Creative Director at FutureEverything. Her practice draws on interdisciplinary and critical discourse to explore the impact of technology in society and culture, and the role of art in helping us engage with contemporary issues.
Martín Alvarez (AR/DE)
SPEAKER
► Architectural Researcher
► Computational Designer
Martín Alvarez is an experienced Architectural Designer with a history of working in the architecture industry and academia. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Stuttgart. Martin's main focus is computational design and architectural design research.
Rebeca Duque Estrada (BRA/DE)
SPEAKER
► Architectural Researcher
► Computational Designer
Rebeca Duque Estrada is a Brazilian architect, now a Research Associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction at the University of Stuttgart. With a deep interest in digital fabrication and computational design, she has been focusing her research on fiber composite materials and robotic fabrication. She is currently involved in developing high-performance lightweight structures.
David Szucs (HU/BG)
WORKSHOP TEACHER
► Senior Front-end Developer
► Creative Coder
David Szucs is a fully remote senior Front-end Developer and agency freelancer from Hungary who's spent the past 15 years exploring evolving ways to deliver the quickest, most reliable, and visually appealing software possible, served online. He is also interested interactive programs as a medium of art and the challenges this art form is facing in terms of representation, canonisation and trading.
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SHAPESHIFT Festival 2023
THE UNKNOWN AS A CREATIVE FORCE
From June 2nd to June 4th, we spent an exciting weekend at NATFA "Krastyo Sarafov" to explore the relationship between humanity and innovation.
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We are excited to announce that all of the talks presented at SHAPESHIFT Festival are now available online for everyone to experience. Let the transformative power of the unknown inspire you.
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