PAST MAKES FUTURE

Past Makes Future is an experimental micro-conference exploring the opportunities and potential interventions between heritage organizations, artists and emerging technology leaders within Portsmouth and nationally. The conference has three main aims -

-To create collaborative opportunities for experimentation and creation

-To radically enable the arts to inspire empathy

-To exhibit new creative works that stoke critical discourse

For 2025 PAST MAKES FUTURE will look internationally for inspiring leaders and artists across the world. Explore how technology is gamifying rural communities and look at how practices can combine to create exciting new projects. The conference will respond to 2024’s conference report and explore how this new sector of arts / technology / heritage can be a force for social change and platform projects that aim to combat unhealthy digital practices.

For 2025 PAST MAKS FUTURE will host a delegation of international Technologists, Artists and Drag performers highlighted through - through Von Peach's Artist in Residence programme - Bored Peach Club. To present work alongside local and national artists and stakeholders.

Von Peach artist delegates-
Vince Briffa (Malta) - Artist, curator and academic - represented Malta in the Venice Biennale of 1999 and of 2019.
Jacob Salida (Malta) - Founder of DocStudio - Making immersive works around local heritage.
KLONN (Malta) - Drag artist and performer working with local architecture, photogrammetry and wearable prosthetics.

The full programme for the day will be released in the coming weeks, but expect a new sensory moment designed by Society of Cocktails. Exclusive opportunities for international residencies for conference attendees and opportunities to influence the local Heritage / Arts /Technology scene in Portsmouth.

"Past Makes Future is an experimental micro-conference exploring the opportunities and potential interventions between heritage organizations, artists and emerging technology leaders within Portsmouth and nationally. The conference has three main aims -

-To create collaborative opportunities for experimentation and creation

-To radically enable the arts to inspire empathy

-To exhibit new creative works that stoke critical discourse"

Please book early as last year tickets sold out fast.
- Love Tom.x

Produced by - Thomas Buckley as associate artist with The Guildhall's Harbour Arts.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, United Kingdom