Please collect at least three examples of art/design works that you consider to be relevant for our discussion on Performance, Fiction, Speculation and Imaginaries. For each collected reference, consider what you find interesting about it, specifically in terms of how modes of speculation, fiction and/or imagination are used within the work, and how they are presented in a performative manner.

Where and how to start is absolutely individual and subjective i.e up to you: maybe google, maybe seek out the library, maybe have conversations. However you do it, there are a few common reoccuring patterns, that you can read upon in a more structured manner at How to Conduct a Recherche?.

Note that a recherche serves more than one purpose. It is not only important for you to get a more precise understanding of what you want to do but it also serves as a collaborative process to grow a deeper or better understanding of what the overarching topic of this class is and how it could translate into design/art works. Do not underestimate the positive effects of continuous ( even if small grained ) exchanges of bits of information. also look for things that others might interest. try to impress the group with unusual or interesting bits and bobs.

Add your examples to our Google Slides presentation or post them on our Mattermost channel or Truth Social including a short 1–3 sentence statement explaining why you have chosen to share this particular work.

Let us start a collective recherche!