“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose all the excitement of possibilities.” Imagination leaps are the hallmark of Leonardo contributors, community, and colleague organizations. Such leaps abound throughout this issue of Leonardo, the themes of “Possibles” for ISEA 2022 Symposium and of “Welcome to Planet B” for the Ars Electronica 2022 Festival. At the same time, the specter of intersecting crises—the syndemic of climate catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic, violent conflict and war—demands the leap of reimagining the world not just as an exciting possibility, rather as an existential imperative. In this context, to truly reimagine the world, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) movement must safeguard against unintended neocolonial implications, by taking a leap to a New Global Bauhaus (NGB). NGB aligns with a collective vision of a more vibrant, just, and regenerative world. This is a leap into the future that NGB could inspire.
In Bauhaus Futures,...