Collecting Europe
How might our present be viewed from the future?
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Photo: ‘4017 Enacted’
What does Europe mean as an idea and how might our present situation be viewed from the future? These questions are not new: Europe’s history has always been characterised by shifting boundaries, political and economic upheaval, migration and the displacement of people. With this in mind, we have asked 12 artists to imagine themselves in the year 4017, looking back and making sense of where we are now. The installations will go on display throughout the V&A from 1 - 7 February 2017 as part of the week-long festival, Collecting Europe. Here you can read what the artists expect from Europe in 4017.
IF&00
![Photo: IF00 IF00](/resources/files/jpg699/if00-formatkey-jpg-default.jpg)
Tasha Marks, AVM Curiosities
![Tasha Marks. Photo: Philip Sinden courtesy of Grey Goose Tasha Marks.](/resources/files/jpg699/tasha_marks-formatkey-jpg-default.jpg)
Raqs Media Collective
![Raqs. Photo: Srinivas Kuruganti Raqs](/resources/files/jpg699/raqs-formatkey-jpg-default.jpg)
Constant Dullaart
![Constant Dullart. Photo: Karolina Spolniewski Constant Dullart](/resources/files/jpg699/constant-dullart-formatkey-jpg-default.jpg)
Fru*Fru
![Fru*Fru. Photo: Fru*Fru Fru*Fru](/resources/files/jpg699/fru_fru-formatkey-jpg-default.jpg)
About the Project:
Collecting Europe is a collaboration between the Goethe-Institut London and the V&A in partnership with the British Council. Created in a range of media from digital and interactive installations to film, sugar sculpture, tapestry, live performance, musical interventions and pocket-sized publications, the artworks will transform spaces across the Museum. The artists commissioned offer a range of viewpoints from within and outside Europe.The festival will also include a range of discussions and workshops to encourage debate around what Europe and European identity means to people today, following the result of the UK referendum on EU membership in June 2016.
Collecting Europe will include a digital element, with a new micro-site. The site will ask questions and invite people across the globe to join the dialogue in a playful and interactive way, contributing opinions to change and shape a digital Europe.