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Its work responds to [[social]], [[environmental]], and urban challenges by using [[artistic]] and speculative tools to support long-term [[thinking]] and community [[dialogue]].

Its work responds to [[social]], [[environmental]], and urban challenges by using [[artistic]] and speculative tools to support long-term [[thinking]] and community [[dialogue]].

== Objectives ==

== ==

The organization aims to:

* Support public engagement with futures thinking

* Use artistic and speculative methods to explore social and ecological issues

* Facilitate community participation in imagining alternative futures

* Promote interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, designers, researchers, and communities.

== Programs and projects ==

=== Wild Future Lab ===

=== Wild Future Lab ===

”’Wild Future lab”'<ref>https://ars.electronica.art/panic/en/view/the-wild-future-lab-21f38ddb450c813dae01fd24f999dd24/</ref> its a [[collective]] group of artists, designers and community leaders collaborating to address [[challenges]] of climate change and ecological loss. Through [[creative]] [[world building]], hands-on research, and community engagement, the project [[explore]] how local knowledge and [[rewilding]] practices can shape futures of the [[city]]. The lab, coming from [[traditional]] [[craft]], open-source tools and natural materials, helps [[imagine]] how we can live with [[nature]] and not apart from it.

”’Wild lab”'<ref>https://ars.electronica.art/panic/en/view/the-wild-future-lab-21f38ddb450c813dae01fd24f999dd24/</ref> its a [[collective]] group of artists, designers and community leaders collaborating to address [[challenges]] of climate change and ecological loss. Through [[creative]] [[world building]], hands-on research, and community engagement, the project [[explore]] how local knowledge and [[rewilding]] practices can shape futures of the [[city]]. The lab, coming from [[traditional]] [[craft]], open-source tools and natural materials, helps [[imagine]] how we can live with [[nature]] and not apart from it.

The [[lab]] has interactive [[experiences]] that invite visitors to create their own visions.<ref>https://starts-prize-call.aec.at/2025/winners/15218/</ref> [[Participants]] can explore [[local]] environments and tell new stories for example through the Wild Future Tarot<ref>https://www.thefutureisonearth.org/store/p/future-tarot-1-blue</ref> or join design sessions with the team. The project supports [[grassroots]] groups and shows how collective creativity can help us [[reimagine]] the future of cities as it raises [[awareness]] around ecological challenges in [[Kenya]].

The [[lab]] has interactive [[experiences]] that invite visitors to create their own visions.<ref>https://starts-prize-call.aec.at/2025/winners/15218/</ref> [[Participants]] can explore [[local]] environments and tell new stories for example through the Wild Future Tarot<ref>https://www.thefutureisonearth.org/store/p/future-tarot-1-blue</ref> or join design sessions with the team. The project supports [[grassroots]] groups and shows how collective creativity can help us [[reimagine]] the future of cities as it raises [[awareness]] around ecological challenges in [[Kenya]].

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Kairos Futura
is a art and futures organization based in Nairobi,Kenya founded in 2021. ^[1]
The organization was formed to explore alternative approaches to future thinking through creative practice and new methods of participation. It involves itself in art , design, research and community engagement, with a focus on speculative futures, ecological sustainability, and social imagination in African contexts.
Its work responds to social, environmental, and urban challenges by using artistic and speculative tools to support long-term thinking and community dialogue.

Wild future lab^[2] its a collective group of artists, designers and community leaders collaborating to address challenges of climate change and ecological loss. Through creative world building, hands-on research, and community engagement, the project explore how local knowledge and rewilding practices can shape futures of the city. The lab, coming from traditional craft, open-source tools and natural materials, helps imagine how we can live with nature and not apart from it.

The lab has interactive experiences that invite visitors to create their own visions.^[3] Participants can explore local environments and tell new stories for example through the Wild Future Tarot^[4] or join design sessions with the team. The project supports grassroots groups and shows how collective creativity can help us reimagine the future of cities as it raises awareness around ecological challenges in Kenya.

Imagination Station is a mobile, solar-powered, off-grid creative laboratory. It operates as a traveling platform for workshops and participatory activities, enabling communities to engage with future-oriented tools and discussions on sustainability, livelihoods, and social change.

Nairobi Space Station is a collaborative initiative that hosts workshops, discussions, and creative experiments focused on imagining the future of Nairobi. The project brings together practitioners from different disciplines and local communities to address themes related to urban development, the environment, and collective futures.

Kairos Futura organizes and participates in exhibitions, installations, workshops, and public programs. These activities use artistic practice to encourage dialogue around future possibilities, environmental concerns, and social transformation. The organization also engages in educational outreach and collaborative projects with cultural and community institutions.

Kairos Futura has received local and international recognition for its work in speculative design and futures-oriented artistic practice. Its projects have been presented in exhibitions and events related to art, design, sustainability, and innovation.

• Futures studies
• Speculative design
• Participatory art
• Sustainability and art