Future Lab

The pitching format has a certain consolation prize feel to it: The artistic works or methods are considered interesting, but not enough for a full evening slot in the showcase. And yet, for curators, they are actually real treasure troves: not so much finished products rather than a way of thinking in motion—while maintaining a close connection to the artists.

Visibility and Networking
The space in Dresden's Societaetstheater doesn't initially promise this intimacy: rows of seats, a small stage. And yet, it emerges. The openness is evident in the artistic approaches. Fang Yun Lo (Polymer DMT) works in a documentary style, showing work excerpts on a white partition wall and connecting personal memory with cultural narratives. Adam Russell Jones's shirt reads "We are all dreamers"—the ...