The artist conducted a city tour of Winterthur set in the fictional year 2041.

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Using iPads and virtual reality software, the tour highlighted four future landmark locations across the city.

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For instance, an underground passage became a blind spot where residents could go offline, while the historic city centre featured buildings with artificial façades made of living materials, namely bacteria. Furthermore, a former industrial complex was transformed into a vertical farm and connected to a residential building to create a sustainable neighbourhood, while a new media company portrayed flexible employment arrangements and more women in leadership positions.

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The tour created possibilities for imagination while critically examining how we use cities today. In particular, it raised questions about sustainability - what would our future problems be regarding food, energy, mobility and technology, and how could we solve those?

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Winterthur 2041 was part of the Winterthur Urban Forum, an academic convention at the ZHAW on future cities.

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(Photos: Roman Richers, 2014)