"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet."
William Gibson

From 2 - 7 February 2010 transmediale.10 FUTURITY NOW! will present a packed programme exploring the identity crisis the future seems to be experiencing, as we move into the pivotal second decade of the 21st Century.  A preview of the timetable of each festival day is below or to download:

Tuesday 2 February 2010

1730: Opening Gala Doors
1800: Opening Ceremony featuring Herbert W. Franke & others
1900: Performance: Charlemagne Palestine plays Tiergarten Carillon
        From One to Many - Yvette Mattern's global rainbow laser installation
2000: Exhibition: Future Obscura opens
        Performance: aaajiao + DJ set by Benjamin Laurent Aman

Wednesday 3 February

1000: Exhibition: Future Obscura open at HKW
1100: Salon: Free Culture Incubator talks feat. Kate Rich, I-Wei Li & others
1130: Artvertiser Guided Tour led by Julian Oliver
1230: Gallery talk by Felix Luque Sanchez
1400: Salon: Phuturama with Alan Shapiro, Herbert W. Franke & others
1430: Film & Video screening: Media Personifications
1800: Marshall McLuhan Lecture: Graham Smith
1830: Film & Video screening: Inner Wars
1900: Performance: Landschaft No.2 by Matthias Fritsch & collaborators
2030: Performance: Ryoji Ikeda + Jürgen Reble and Thomas Köner (a collaboration with CTM)
2200: Performance: Pe Lang

Thursday 4 February

1000: Exhibition: Future Obscura open at HKW
1100: Salon: Free Culture Incubator talks feat. a.o. Andy Cameron, Adam Somlai-Fischer
1130: Artvertiser Guided Tour led by Julian Oliver
1230: Gallery talk by [The User]
1400: Salon: Processual Media Art and Theory with Susanne Jaschko, Oliver Grau & others
1430: Film & Video screening: Agit-prop, Punks and Poets
1700: Salon: Art 2.0 with Aaron Koblin, Michelle Teran & others
1830: Film & Video screening: Short Fictions
1900: Performance: Elektrolab by Rachida Ziani and Dewi de Vree
2030: Performance: POWEr by artificiel (a collaboration with CTM)
2200: Performance: DJ set - Lord Cry Cry

Friday 5 February

1000: Exhibition: Future Obscura open at HKW
1100:  Salon: Free Culture Incubator talk featuring Trebor Scholz, Mustafa Tazeoglu & others
1300-2230: The Futurity Long Conversation: introductory keynote by Richard Barbrook, and featuring Jem Finer, Ken Rinaldo, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Regine Debatty, Jaromil, Denisa Kera, Tim Edler & other distinguished guests
1300-2230: Performance: The Long Conversion by Sosolimited
1430: Film & Video screening: Long Distance Transfers
1630: Salon: Which Organisation Are You Shooting The Film For? with a.o. Brad Butler & Karen Mirza
1830: Film & Video screening: Studies in Light & Space
1900: Exhibition: From One to Many - a global rainbow outdoor installation by Yvette Mattern
2000: Salon: Futures Exchange with F.A.T. Lab & others
2030: Performance: Charlemagne Palestine at the Französischer Dom (a collaboration with CTM)

Saturday 6 February

1000: Exhibition: Future Obscura open at HKW
1100:  Salon: Free Culture Incubator talk featuring Regine Haschka-Helmer, Tonia Welter & others
1230: Conference: featuring keynote by Conrad Wolfram, and lectures by Juliana Rotich, Gabriele Gramelsberger, Florian Rötzer
1430: Film & Video screening: Future Bodies
1400: Salon: Destination Moon with a.o. Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Wang Yuyang, Pavel Medvedev
1630: Conference: featuring keynote by Bruce Sterling, and lectures by Siegfried Zielinski, Mike Sandbothe, Alexander Rose
1830: Film & Video screening: Man & Machines
1900: Performance: Andrea Lange + Nicholas Bernier and Martin Messier
1900: Exhibition: From One to Many - a global rainbow outdoor installation by Yvette Mattern
2100: transmediale.10 Award Ceremony
2300: Performance: AtomTM, Grischa Lichtenberger, Senking & others (a collaboration with CTM)

Sunday 7 February

1000: Exhibition: Future Obscura open at HKW
1200: Film & Video screening: Der Schweigende Stern by Kurt Maetzig
1200:  Salon: Invisible Cities with Julius von Bismark, Martin Howse, Julian Oliver & others
1430: Film & Video screening: The Succession of the Future
1500: Salon: Free Culture Incubator talk featuring Ela Kagel, Li Zhenhua & Michelle Kasprzak
1700: Conference: featuring Sascha Lobo, Steve Lambert, Matteo Pasquinelli, Tiziana Terranova
1830: Film & Video screening: Hypno Media
1900: eArts Shanghai festival showcase
2030: Performance:  Myths of the Near Future featuring FM3_Zhang, Feng Mengbo & aaajiao
2200: Performance:  DJ set - Ben Huang