Foundation for Future Aesthetics


OURS · NYC · August 2026

An exhibition and salon for visions of the future.

An evening for the artists, scientists, and builders who believe what comes next is ours to architect.

The invitation

The future isn’t fixed.

The futures handed to us are increasingly narrow, shaped behind closed doors by tech companies and policy rooms, trained into our imaginations, and told back to us as the only way things could be. But the future is also being made elsewhere. It’s being formed in studios, labs, workshops, in meetings over coffee and over video call alike, by people refusing what’s simply handed to them, and instead exercising the agency to build what comes next. Those are the people we want to be.

OURS is where we gather for an evening to both observe and BE a showcase of positive visions of the future — in art, in words, by people acting on their own visions — and a room to share ideas, build out a perspective, and think about how each of us shapes what comes.

Join the evening

The room is intimate and the list is limited, but we’re still welcoming guests.

Submit artwork

Still accepting works for the exhibition. Mediums open. Send a portfolio and a short pitch.

Become a Patron or Partner

Sponsor the event

The format

An intimate discussion of what’s to come.

  • Speakers

    Scientists, philosophers, thought leaders, and builders giving short provocations: open questions, not finished arguments.

  • Works of art

    Original pieces from a curated roster of artists, available to take home for those who fall in love with one.

  • Guests

    A broad spectrum of fields and disciplines, because the future is shaped by everyone willing to imagine it differently.

  • Setting

    Venue: Space LES New York City August 2026

The makers

The makers of the evening.

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