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1st to 14th of March 2026
Reykjavík City Library Grófin
Future Festival Partners:
ENDURTAKK, Rik McNair, Ross McNair, The Icelandic Association for Humane Technology, Atli Þór Jóhannsson, Halldóra Mogensen, Kakkalakki Studio, Fernanda Fajardo, João Linneu, Zuzana Vondra Krupkova, Emma Shannon, Repair Café, Cerise Fontaine, Ingiríður Halldórsdóttir, Yi Jen Chang, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Alexander Jean Fontenay, The Moroccan Women’s Society in Iceland, Armando Garcia, Pola Sutryk, Dögg Sigmarsdóttir, Berglind Indriðadóttir, Nílsína Larsen Einarsdóttir, Framtíðarsetur Íslands, J.J. Mancho, Patrik Ontkovic, Soumia Georgsdóttir, Vasilis Valatsos, Marie Veselá, Þórey Mjallhvít and Richard Wheeler.
Further information:
Martyna Karolina Daniel, Project Manager of Equity and Community Engagement martyna.karolina.daniel@reykjavik.is
Fanny Sanne Sissoko, Project Manager of Inclusion and Education fanny.sanne.sissoko@reykjavik.is
How to future?
What skills do we need to practice?
How can we share what we know with each other? The future is often described as a faraway place we have very little control over, but one day, somewhere, someone imagined that we would live the way we live today. And here we are.
We are inviting you to use the library space to imagine and practice more caring and connected futures, whether that’s in our relationship to technology, to nature or to future generations.
The future festival will take place from March 1st to March 14th 2026 in the Reykjavik City Library Grófin (Tryggvagata 15, 101 rvk).
All events are free of charge and open to all.
The full program can be found here:
program
Sunday March 1st
Opening ceremony: how to future repair?
For our opening ceremony, you are invited to a day of events centered on repair.
Repair Café: Electronic Repairs
13:00-16:00
Bring your broken items and enjoy free repairs, coffee and good company. For this special Future Festival edition, we will focus on electronic repairs so bring your smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices that need fixing!
1st floor - Torgið
Hopeful Seedlings: Making Plant Pots
14:00-16:00
Give old books new life—literally! Artist Ingiríður Halldórsdóttir sets up a pop-up studio and invites everyone to join her in transforming discarded library books into plant pots for seedlings to take home. Get a planting calendar for the Icelandic climate designed by Kakkalakki Studio.
1st floor - Bókatorgið
Time Capsule and Open Mic: ‘Repair’
15:30-16:30
Imagine a more caring future where we take better care of our resources and of one another and make up new words to describe it. During the event, you can also contribute to our time capsule. What memories would you like to send to the future?
1st floor - Bókatorgið
Monday March 2nd
Learning to Dance with the Unknown
16:30-18:00
How can we dream of a future that offers the possibility of a good life for younger generations and other beings on planet Earth? Hosted by Juan Camillo and Roman Estrada, this workshop is an invitation to explore together how we can become better acquainted with uncertainty and the unknown.
5th floor
Wednesday March 4th
Hopeful seedlings: Making Plant Pots
13:00-17:30
Give old books new life-literally! Artist Ingiríður Halldórsdóttir sets up a pop-up studio and invites everyone to join her in transforming discarded library books into plant pots for seedlings to take home. Get a planting calendar for the Icelandic climate designed by Kakkalakki Studio.
1st floor - Bókatorgið
Mint Tea Ceremony
16:00-17:30
The Moroccan Women‘s Society in Iceland hosts a traditional mint tea ceremony, using mint grown in the library‘s indoor water garden.
1st floor - Bókatorgið
Thursday March 5th
Let’s make our Dream Garden out of Lego
16:00-17:30
Come play with Lego and imagine what a shared garden in the library could look like. What makes a garden a place where you want to spend time? What should we grow? In this workshop led by Armando Garcia, you will build your ideas with Lego and add them onto a model. Or just come to play!
1st floor - Torgið
Saturday March 7th
Chat with an Accent: to Future
11:30-13:30
Join us for the Future Festival’s edition of our weekly Icelandic practices! This time, we will make up new Icelandic words for the future. What words are missing from the Icelandic vocabulary to talk about the things you want to talk about? We will also have books and games for those who prefer to stick to the usual activities.
1st floor - Torgið
Make
a Sleeping Bag for your Phone
14:00-16:00
Are you tired of your phone? Or could it be that your phone is tired of you? Textile designers Endurtakk and Emma Shannon show you how to make and decorate a sleeping bag for your phone out of Faraday fabric, a special material that blocks phone signals. This is an invitation to decide when and how we use technology, and to reclaim precious time!
1st floor
A Future Society Without Ageism: discussion
14:00-16:00
How can technology be a support against ageism?
Hosted by Framtíðarsetur Íslands, this workshop brings together people of different ages to share experiences, and inspire new perspectives for a future society where age is not a barrier, but a source of strength.
1st floor
Sunday March 8th
Between Hands, Bodies, and Land: a creative workshop for families
13:00-15:30
Each departure is also an arrival. What we carry in our bodies is knowledge that shapes how we relate to the world. Through movement, clay, and play, this workshop invites families—especially those navigating new homes and communities—to activate their senses and explore the experience of transition. Hosted by Yi Jen Chang.
5th floor
Hopeful Seedlings: Planting Singalong!
14:00-16:30
Plant seeds from our seed library in biodegradable pots made from old library books by fellow library guests. Bring your seedlings home with you and receive a planting calendar adapted to the Icelandic climate, designed by Kakkalakki studio. And let’s sing!
1st floor – Bókatorgið
Tuesday March 10th
Big questions! A Game for Families
16:00-17:30
Do you have big questions about the world and the future? Make your own paper fortune teller, choose your questions and decorate it with stickers. Then take it home to start big conversations with your friends or with the grown-ups around you.
2nd floor
Wednesday March 11th
Make a Sleeping Bag for your Phone
14:00-18:00
Are you tired of your phone? Or could it be that your phone is tired of you? Textile designers Endurtakk and Emma Shannon show you how to make and decorate a sleeping bag for your phone out of Faraday fabric, a special material that blocks phone signals. This is an invitation to decide when and how we use technology, and to reclaim precious time!
1st floor
Saturday March 14th
Imagined Futures, creative family workshop with Þórey Mjallhvít, creator of Ormhildur 14:00 – 15:30
Can you picture what Iceland will look like in 100 years? Do you want to write or draw stories set in the future? Come to this creative workshop and learn how Þórey Mjallhvít imagined the story of Ormhildur, the popular TV series set in a distant future where the glaciers have melted and Iceland’s mythical creatures have come back to life.
1st floor Torgið
Closing Ceremony: how to future memories?
“The act of imagination is bound up with memory.” Toni Morrison To close the festival, you are invited to a ceremony exploring imagination and memory.
Future Feast for Everyone
16:00-17:00
From fermented foods to sci-fi jelly, artist and cook Pola Sutryk invites you to a speculative dinner where we taste and imagine more reciprocal ways of consuming. This event will take place in the building in construction, between Grófin (Tryggvagata 15) and Biang (Tryggvagata 13).
Time Capsule and Open Mic
17:00-18:00
Join an open mic where you are invited to share memories you want to bring into the future.
This event will take place in the building in construction, between Grófin (Tryggvagata 15) and Biang (Tryggvagata 13).
installations
Five interactive installations will be open throughout the festival, from the 1st of March to the 14th.
Social Sorting
Do you feel like the internet knows you too well? Do you wonder if you are being manipulated online? What is surveillance capitalism? Can we escape it? And what would a more humane digital future look and feel like? This immersive installation shows how our online data is processed by digital systems and shapes who we become.
By the Association for Humane Technology and Alexander Jean Fontenay
5th floor, Makerspace
Faraday Box
Made from faraday fabric which blocks phone signals, this one person box invites you to disconnect and enjoy a moment without online distractions. Where does your mind go?
By
Endurtakk and Emma Shannon
5th floor
Hot Tub
Come inside this cosy circle made from recycled towels from Dalslaug. Like in a hot tub, you are invited to pause and enjoy uninterrupted time together. In this space, you‘ll find paper templates and instructions to make a fortune teller that encourages family conversations around big topics.
By
Endurtakk and Emma Shannon 2nd floor
Hopeful Seedlings
This beautiful curtain features delicate embroideries of herbs and vegetables that grow well in the Icelandic climate and documents their journey from seed to harvest.
By Endurtakk and Emma Shannon 1st floor, Bókatorgið
Time Capsule
Come and add your memories to the Future Festival’s time capsule. What would you like to send to the future? A moment shared with someone you love, the feeling of spring on your skin, the taste of a homemade meal? The time capsule which will be sealed at the end of the festival and kept in the library for the next 10 years, until we meet again to open it together on March 14th 2036. floor
After the Future: Survival under the Eclipse of Technology
Saturday April 18th 14:00-16:00
What happens if we wake up one day and planes stop flying? Or electricity is gone altogether? Join us for a role-playing game where we figure out how to survive together in those scenarios. Game led by Vasilis Valatsos.
After the Future: A Collage Digestion
Saturday May 2nd 14:00-16:00
Time to digest our future thoughts and feelings! Join us for an afternoon of collage led by Marie Veselá where we use images from the future festival as well as discarded magazines to process our ideas.
