Past portals to future worlds
This is a work-in-progress webpage for a growing archive of artworks exploring how listening to music from our grandparents' generation might inspire humane migration and border practices in the future
prompt 1: the past
Listen to a piece of music from your grandparents' generation.
It could be a song that they liked to listen to, or if you don't have this information, it can be music from the time period during which they lived.
Create a small artwork that expresses the wisdom you receive from listening to this song.
Guidelines:
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Work in any medium you like, with materials already at hand
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Give yourself 30 minutes of uninterrupted time to create
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Once complete, take a photo of your work and send it in the group chat
Prompt 2: the future
Inspired by the first artwork, create a second artwork that manifests the wisdom you received by listening to your grandparents' music. Imagine that you open a door to a future of more humane migration that you want to see: what is the first thing you see?
the Music that inspired us
Jonathan