To Those Born Later

To Those Born Later is an interactive online event, which brings together groups from different countries to discuss what should go into a time capsule to be opened in 150 years.

What do you want to save for our children’s children’s children’s children? What do you want to pass down to future inhabitants of the world? Join us in preserving something of you, your community and culture, for those who are yet to be born.

Every show will be different, made with and for its audience. The content of the time capsule is chosen by those in each meeting and added to a growing online archive.

Covid and the climate crisis have made us more conscious of how we live in one world and how our problems and our dreams for the future need to be looked at on an international basis. In response to this unique moment in history, To Those Born Later will bring geographically distant people together for live connection and debate about our legacy and what matters. The aim is to enable exchanges between people in different cities and countries, around what personal objects should be passed down and what from our cultures we should take care of.

To Those Born Later is presented as part of Perform Europe’s Performing Futures programme. 

Perform Europe is an EU-funded project aimed to rethink how performing arts works are presented across borders in a more inclusive, sustainable and balanced way by testing new touring and distribution practices and providing policy recommendations for a future EU support scheme. This 18-month journey includes a research phase, launching a digital platform, testing a support scheme, and designing policy recommendations.

Perform Europe is funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and co-managed by a Consortium of 5 organisations: IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts, the European Festivals Association (EFA), Circostrada, EDN – European Dancehouse Network, and IDEA Consult.

Remote touring in partnership with IKUSEEARTE (Spain), Students’ City Cultural Center (Serbia) and Artopolis Association (Hungary)