Screenshots from the Future

A futures workshop led by Mushon Zer-Aviv, in the exhibition Looking Back at the Future.
Limited availability, please register – https://forms.gle/iXmCEHvwjTmxo5Pt5
*The workshop will last two and a half hours and will be held in Hebrew

In the shadow of the events of October 7th and the terrible war that followed, as the present overwhelms us with fear and uncertainty, we ask ourselves: How can we imagine a different future?   

On Friday, September 6th, at 11:00, a workshop will be held in the exhibition Looking Back at the Future at Magasin III Jaffa, the products of which will become a new multi-participant installation in the exhibition. During the workshop, we will learn speculative writing techniques, fictional design, and political imagination developed by Mushon Zer-Aviv and Shalev Moran as part of the Speculative Tourism project currently displayed in the exhibition. Together we will use these techniques, collect “screenshots from the future”, and see how these can change our choices and actions here and now. 

The workshop will focus on the future of Jaffa, through the eyes of those who live there today and those who may live there in the future. Jaffa is nearly 4000 years old – a city with rich history that includes a variety of religions, empires, and peoples of the Middle East. Up until today, Jaffa is home to different cultures, nationalities, hopes and struggles. 

The exhibition Looking Back at the Future examines our ability to imagine a future within a challenging reality. In the workshop, we will not look at life through rose-colored glasses, but rather think together how Jaffa might look different, with room for diverse futures. Even if you are afraid to look toward the future from this bleeding present, we invite you to think differently about the future of Jaffa and all of us. We will meet there, eager to face whatever comes. 


Mushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, writer, educator, and activist based in Tel Aviv. His work often involves mapping and way-finding through physical, digital, and political landscapes. These are also the themes he explores in his current research titled Friction and Flow – a design theory of change. Zer-Aviv is a board member of the Israeli/Palestinian movement A Land for All – Two States One Homeland. He is a senior faculty member at Shenkar College and an alumni of Eyebeam, an art and technology center in New York. 

Shalev Moran is a game designer and media artist based in Copenhagen. He holds a BA degree from Tel Aviv University’s Honors Program in the Humanities and Arts, and an MA degree from the Game Design program at the Royal Danish Academy. Moran was a curator for Print Screen Festival (2013 – 2019), and in 2021 joined the team of the Game Arts International Assembly.