25TH ANNIVERSARY: ADAPTED VISIONS

Art Matters Festival is celebrating its 25th Anniversary! In this commemorative year, we extend an open invitation to examine our collective past and future through the theme of Adapted Visions. What lessons and achievements can we honour? Where did we think we would be today? Where do we think we will be 25 years from now? As we face ever mounting uncertainties, Art Matters invites you to consider imagining better futures as a radical act. By insisting upon the improved quality of our futures, we empower ourselves as agents of change. What is the sum of research and imagination? The theme of Adapted Visions encourages exploration of art as a lens through which to examine the past, contextualize the present and envision the future. Art Matters 2025 honours creation, community, and collaboration—and their crucial role in worldbuilding. As we look back to preserve and respond to histories, we also take the opportunity to dream, to project, to yearn, and to righteously imagine.