Saturday 11th November
A Free All Day Event in Finsbury Park

Future Machine creates rituals for when the future comes. It will next appear in Finsbury Park on Saturday 11th November 2023.

When the Future Comes is a series of artist’s interventions each witnessed by a mysterious and mystical device – the Future Machine, led by Rachel Jacobs. A newly formed ritual or special occasion will emerge as the Future Machine appears in Oxfordshire, Nottingham, Cumbria, Somerset and London every year – until 2050 the year scientists predict will be a watershed for more extreme climate and environmental change.

From 10.00 am
Future Machine will meander around the park, meeting people along the way.

11.00 am
Join Future Machine and artists Esi Eshun & Rachel Jacobs for a guided walk to seven trees.
Gather outside Furtherfield Gallery (by the playground, close to the lake at the top of the hill).

From 2.00pm

Meet Future Machine and speak to the future at Furtherfield Commons (between the Seven Sisters Road & Finsbury Park Gates).

Celebrate the weather with musicians from around the world and take part in family activities including drumming and dancing.

Listen to live West African fusion music performed by the group, Zantogola!

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Furtherfield, Horizon (University of Nottingham) and in-kind support from Primary and the British Antarctic Survey