About the Horizon Venture
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The Horizon Venture. The Race for Space. Reloaded.
The Horizon Venture is an idea whose time has come; A pulp science fiction multimedia mash up, which invites AfroPeans to question the status quo and speculate how their artistic expression might influence the way our future looks. The Horizon Venture is an expression of ideas of citizenship and humanity as they relate to us now, and as they will relate to us when we discover worlds beyond our own.
2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the launch of the Sea Venture, which set sail from England headed for the New World, laden with enslaved African humans forced into establishing colonial settlements.
2009 also marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo Space program’s moon landing, in which the leader of that New World again began a quest to explore unknown worlds at a time when many in his New World were still fighting for free access to voting, books, transport, things that can easily be taken for granted today.
Today, the leader of that New World is of direct African descent. And he observes that, “There is another generation of kids out there that is looking up at the sky and asking if they’ll be the next Armstrong, Collins or Aldrin”
Today, as we look again to Mars and beyond the stars, The Horizon Venture invites AfroPeans in particular, and urbanites in general, to ensure they are truly stakeholders in our collective vision for the future through multimedia – and in so doing, perhaps express their own solutions to tomorrow’s problems today, a little closer to home.
IT’S YOUR FUTURE TOO. GET INVOLVED!
There are four simple steps:
1. Register on the Horizon Venture site – This automatically gives you permission to publish your own posts and comment on other peoples posts.
2. Submit an article – Share with us your vision of the future in images, video, spoken word, music , and media yet to be discovered. As it’s your post, you’ll automatically be credited as the originator of the work, so please make sure you ARE the originator of the work
3. Come to the live shows - Your registration on www.thehorizonventure.com entitles you to free / reduced admission to the Horizon Venture Live shows, where, if we feel your work will resonate with our audience, we’ll include it in the show, and you’ll be credited for your contribution
4. Tell your friends. If you’ve done great work, and we’ve included it in a show, let your friends know so that they can have a chnce to see your work in a show too.
The Arts CouncilThe Arts CouncilThe Horizon Venture is supported by the National Lottery, through Arts Council England. To find out more about the Arts Council visit www.artscouncil.org.uk
