Future Ours, Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale, 10 June – 10 August 2025

Future Ours addresses the future of our planet and explores how art can serve as a unique tool for critical world-building by proposing new social, political and economic models, reweaving a dialogue between social, economic, and ecological equity for the planetary community at large.

Several of the works in the exhibition relate to the artists’ ongoing projects. This is the case with Irena Haiduk’s Yugoexport, an artistic company engaging with legal frameworks, commercial enterprise, research, and exhibitions to critique war, commerce, and identity. Yinka Shonibare shows his non-profit in Nigeria involving residencies for artists and a working farm. Eduardo Navarro’s work shows the artist dressed in a seal suit feeding orphaned seals. His organization FOCA invites artists to spend time in and by the ocean in Uruguay.

Other works engage the audience more directly to take action. Olafur Eliasson’s work says: “You are solar powered” and invites us to reflect on our own individual connection and responsibility for the planet. Maya Lin’s work features a QR code that links to her foundation’s website, which offers information on nature-based solutions to climate change.

The artists featured are:
Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture, Canal Street Research Association, Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (CATPC), Eduardo Navarro / F.O.C.A., Futurefarmers, The Institute of Queer Ecology, MAHKU – Huni Kuin Artists Movement, Maya Bird-Murphy & Mobile Makers, Maya Lin, Mercvria, New Red Order with Riley Hooker, Newton and Helen Harrison / Center for the Study of the Force Majeure, NOMASMETAFORAS & Consejo de Mayores UAIIN-CRIC, Olafur Eliasson, Otobong Nkanga, Raqs Media Collective, Robert Zhao Renhui & The Institute of Critical Zoologists, Simone Fattal, Suzanne Treister, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Yugoexport

The exhibition was prominently showcased by ART 2030 in New York during the Summit of the Future held in connection with the UN General Assembly in September 2024. Future Ours was centrally displayed inside the UN Headquarters and at hundreds of bus stops across New York City.

The Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale is an international art exhibition held in public spaces. The artworks are presented on advertising panels throughout Denmark, making the exhibition accessible nationwide. The Biennale takes place every two years, driven by the aim of bringing contemporary art to an even wider audience.

Future Ours is initiated by ART 2030 and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in collaboration with AFA Decaux and curated by Patricia Domínguez, Jeppe Ugelvig and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

The exhibition is supported by the Augustinus Foundation, the Bikuben Foundation, the Obel Family Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.