Work
specXcraft
The question
Can training a speculative, embodied and materialised imagination make Brussels residents less resigned and more resilient in the face of their city's future and its multiple crises? specXcraft (speculative crafting for un/common futures) started from the hypothesis that the capacity to imagine futures is a pivotal citizen's skill, and that pluralising imaginaries of the future — particularly with underrepresented publics — is a cornerstone of democratic urban action.
What we made
A co-creative, artistic research trajectory combining concepts from science fiction and speculative fabulation with methods of crafting and prototyping. The trajectory included making sessions with Brussels participants, a Diplomacy Session, the winter symposium Cybioses (life in the future imperfect) and three collective films, later screened at the STS Hub 2025 in Berlin.
What came of it
A bilingual collective publication (EN/FR), Speculative crafting for un/common futures in Brussels / Fabriquer collectivement d’im/possibles futurs, freely downloadable via Constant’s library.
