As part of a parallel program accompanying the exhibition Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales, A Children’s Story, A Horror Story, taking place on the 15th of February 5 PM at Matadero Madrid, is a Synesthetic Story structured in three main parts, a group of international participants—architects, artists and theo-rists— from diverse context experiences, will tell three stories. From the climate crisis to property speculation, the present seems to lead us toward a future that leaves no room for a dignified life: the future is a horror story, especially that of the city. In response to stories about future terror that can seem paralysing, we aim to invoke speculation as a hopeful practice, an exercise in resistance that calls upon the need to identify future alternatives to resist what the future is said to hold.

Vanessa Keith is a registered architect and the Principal of Studioteka, which she founded in 2003. Based in New York city, StudioTEKA is a boutique firm that engages in both built and research based design work. She is the author of the UR Book 2100: A Dystopian Utopia.