Even if we wished otherwise, the future is never a linear progression nor a guaranteed destiny; it is a notion in constant construction and re-signification. Is that not where its charm and the paradox of what lies ahead reside? Since the second half of the 20th century, entire generations have navigated between promises of progress, historical upheavals, and multiple crises that cast doubt on the idea of a predictable future. The Latin American experience—shaped by migrations, resistances, inequalities, collective memories, and continuous reinventions—brings a key perspective on how collective aspirations and disillusionments shape our vision of tomorrow.

In “Future Holds Something for Us,” the future emerges as a field of tension where desires, uncertainties, and processes of transformation converge. Rather than taking it as an inevitable extension of the present, this project encourages us to question the structures that define notions of time, identity, progress, and becoming. We seek artistic creation to serve as a critical and poetic laboratory in which to interweave narratives, experiment with languages, and dismantle inherited imaginaries, thus opening new spaces for reflection on this concept.

We invite artists from diverse communities, backgrounds, and geographies to engage with the future as a mutable horizon that demands to be reconsidered, co-constructed, and expanded. Rather than offering certainties, “Future Holds Something for Us” proposes inhabiting ambiguity, acknowledging that envisioning possible futures involves grappling with tensions between memory and change, desire and fear, belonging and uncertainty. This call urges us to reflect on the fractures of the present while recognizing the complexity of human experience and the transformative power of art to outline—even if only provisionally—maps for what is to come.