Predavanje bo potekalo v angleškem jeziku. //  The lecture will be held in English.

Predavanje raziskuje presečišča med performansom in spekulacijo kot orodji za uveljavljanje postkapitalističnih paradigm, kot sta denimo odrast in skupno, na lokalni in translokalni ravni. Kako lahko te pristope uporabimo za utelešenje radikalnih alternativ? In kako lahko z njimi posežemo v prevladujoče narative prihodnosti, ki jih oblikujejo tisti, ki imajo moč krojenja resničnosti? Z izhodiščem v projektih, kot so igra Game-Changers: The Game, živi laboratorij Prihodnost 14B in umetniški projekt The Department for Parallel Economic World(ing)s, bomo raziskali, kako se gradnja svetov (worldbuilding) uveljavlja v različnih gibanjih – v vse bolj popularnem LARP-anju in družabnih igrah, v spekulativnih fikcijah in v sodobni umetnosti. Skozi te pristope bomo kritično preučili, kakšne nove modele in teorije sprememb te prakse predlagajo in kakšen je njihov potencial – kako jih lahko razvijemo v razpršene »infrastrukture za domišljijo«, ki se lahko zoperstavijo kapitalističnemu realizmu. e

This talk explores the intersections of performance and speculation as tools for advancing post-capitalist paradigms such as degrowth and the commons, at both local and translocal levels. How can these approaches be leveraged to embody radical alternatives? And how might they intervene in the dominant narratives of the future, which are shaped by those with reality-bending power? Drawing on projects such as the game show Game-Changers: The Game, the living laboratory Future 14B, and the art project The Department for Parallel Economic World(ing)s, among other case studies, we will explore how worldbuilding is emerging across movements – from the resurgence of LARPs and board games to speculative fiction and contemporary art. Through this lens, we will critically explore what new modes and theories of social change these practices offer, and their untapped potential for fostering decentralised “imagination infrastructures” capable of challenging capitalist realism.