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Museum of Futures

Museum of futures: Our shared futures

Where
6 Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Fountain Court Gallery
When

Every day, 12am to 7am Friday 2 June 2023 to Thursday 29 June 2023 Except Saturday 3 June 2023, Sunday 4 June 2023, Saturday 10 June 2023, Sunday 11 June 2023, Saturday 17 June 2023, Sunday 18 June 2023, Saturday 24 June 2023 and Sunday 25 June 2023

Cost

Free

Explore 'Our Shared Futures' at NSW Parliament House between 30 May and 29 June – a unique exhibition of objects and ideas from the Museum of Futures.

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally transformed our view of time, uncertainty and 'the future'. If we have learnt anything, it is that our futures are shared and that communities play a part in shaping what futures emerge. This Museum of Futures exhibition invites us to consider our shared past and imagine our shared futures. In 2020, during the isolated days of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 diverse Sydney communities explored how they hoped life in Sydney would pivot beyond the pandemic. Their ideas were given to 10 Australian artists to interpret into the works featured in this exhibition. Each exhibit also features an imagined ‘history’ of how the future occurred. This exhibition is also the premiere of a new work by artists Nicole Smede and Michael Robinson. Everywhen is a work that explores how transformative moments of the past and the future are connected.

From artist Nicole Smede:

All indigenous cultures have a version of 'Everywhen'. For us, all times are inseparable; no time is ever over; and all times are unfinished. 'Everywhen' stretches between the ancient and the future – we experience it in the now.

In my ancestral language, Gathang, wanyimbuwanyimbu means 'always'. This word is like a ripple in time, repeating itself and flowing outward. The 'always' - the past, present and future - is one, vibrating and occurring simultaneously.

How to see the exhibition

Visit the exhibition at NSW Parliament House on weekdays, 9am-5pm, from Tuesday 30 May to Thursday 29 June. The Parliament is currently undergoing restoration works, but remains open to the public. Access is to the left of the building, via the security gatehouse. Visitors can follow the signage into the building and take either the stairs or lift to the Fountain Court exhibition space.

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