Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra

If the rousingly upbeat Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra doesn’t have you “shaking your tailfeathers,” as the band likes to say, please consult your coroner. The group featured under our Emerge 2014

D Faktion Nyne and Mumsigo Tribe Bands are Arizona based multi-generational bands with popular dance music of the Natives of Southern Arizona. Popularly known as “Chicken Scratch”, Waila is the

from: Slate.com Last week, Future Tense took part in Emerge, a conference at Arizona State University that is dedicated to designing the kind of future we want to live in. (ASU

Creating a Big Story That Makes Sense of the Human Condition. This three day workshop sought to answer how humans will perceive humanities place in the universe and how we will reconcile our mortal lives in the future. Are we given purpose? Do we define our own purpose? What is our connection to others, the planet, and universe?

“Truth can be lost in advancement of information delivery. The truth will be whoever’s message is delivered to you” Adam Hosein.

On complexity: “Is it something to understand or deal with? How do we approach combining disciplines?”

“Story is a powerful motivator” Caitlin Burns.

“We are such things as dreams are made on …” Brad Allenby.

“A concert can be both church and utopia.” Claire Evans of YACHT on semiotics, rituals, & parallels between music & religion.

James O’Halloran tells an evolving story with no words.

“If values are used to find ourselves, they are also used to exclude others.” Julie Anand and Ann Kinzig discuss what values mean.

“With advances in science, more and more is being known to fewer and fewer.” In this video, Sam Arbesman speaks about complexity.

“In the future stories will only be told in native language – without subtitles.” Adriene Jenik on truthtelling in art.

Maria Bezaitis – Vibrancy and Technologies: A Future of Informed Fictions from aisling kelliher on Vimeo.

Brian David Johnson: Sci-Fi Prototyping from aisling kelliher on Vimeo.