Fuelled by an abundance of energy, mobility and capital, pharmacological freedom from the consequences of sex and almost global, postcolonial peace, the years after the wars were a time of weightlessness with the conquest of outer space as its ultimate metaphor. Fate was replaced by choice, societal mores by emancipation. The ensuing multi-option society is being occasionally unified by visceral spectacles and fluidly organized by digital technologies trapping us in our own seeming uniqueness. Meanwhile, the transformative power that defined Modernity is slowly running out of steam. Frédéric Kaplan presents “Digital Venice” a collaborative effort by the EPFL and Ca’ Foscari University to reconstruct Venice’s past. Daniela Kuka applies “preenaction”, a method for experimental gamebased research of the future.

Based on technological progress and near instantaneous communication, we have an almost perfect understanding of the current moment and as a result of the volatility we thereby generate no idea about tomorrow. Planning has become impossible, constant flexible adaptation the rule. But is this an inevitable result of progress, or a sign of a system having reached its maturity? What are alternative ways of thinking the future? How would a society, its cities and villages be organized to thrive under such scenarios? What happens to weightlessness when gravity kicks back in? What patterns will coalesce, what structures will solidify? And what can architecture provide to prepare?

Throughout the events, lessons have been collected from the Salons and the Biennale as a whole. This last day is an attempt to sum up and reflect, structure and organize. It is also an editorial meeting for a planned publication in which the audience is invited to join.