Futurist utopian visions of urbanism in the 1960s proposed by Japanese Metabolists and Archigram amounted to very few deployable works, yet significantly influenced a generation of architects, artists, cinematographers, and designers.  These movements embraced notions of social reform, popular culture, and high-tech innovation in their provocative concepts for a future world where cities floated and buildings walked.  Recent work in fantastical form across the disciplines revisits and transforms futurism through a contemporary lens.  This call requests work in art, architecture, interior design, industrial design, graphics, and the written word that expresses futurism at various scales and from multiple perspectives.

Selected work will be exhibited in the FUTURE.city.past>FORWARD transdisciplinary exhibit at the d3 gallery in Brooklyn scheduled for late March 2009.  Work will be included in future d3 exhibition publications.

Send CV/resume, Statement of Conceptual Intent, 3D sketches, orthographic drawings, renderings, and/or images (pdf) electronically to:

d3
RE: future
info@d3space.org

Founded in 2008, d3 is an organization committed to advancing innovative positions in art, architecture, and design by providing a collaborative environment for artists, architects, designers, and students from throughout New York City and around the world.  Our East Williamsburg/ Bushwick-based program of exhibitions, events, and publications is focused on generating dialogue and collaboration across geographic, ideological, and disciplinary boundaries in art and the built environment.  Our mission seeks to unearth new opportunities for connecting, form, space, and materiality with innovative notions of interiority and exteriority at various scales.

http://www.d3space.org/