“The question of the contingency of the history of the present is critically important because this is what I want to say about the present—that it is the product of ‘many determinations’ but that it remains an open horizon, fundamentally unresolved, and in that sense open to ‘the play of contingency.’”
– Stuart Hall, Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

In the text above, Hall refers to the present as a space that is “fundamentally unresolved,” “an open horizon,” open to the unknowability of the future. This space is, of course, tied to the specificities of the past, but in resisting determinism by acknowledging the impossibility of certain predictions, Hall outlines the present as a space of resilience and hope.

The horizon calls to mind moments when the destinations we’ve dreamed of come into sight. It situates collective visions in material space and landscape. It Remains An Open Horizon brings together 13 artists working with atmosphere and landscape as a way to imagine the political potential of the present. 

“The question of the contingency of the history of the present is critically important because this is what I want to say about the present—that it is the product of ‘many determinations’ but that it remains an open horizon, fundamentally unresolved, and in that sense open to ‘the play of contingency.’”
– Stuart Hall, Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

In the text above, Hall refers to the present as a space that is “fundamentally unresolved,” “an open horizon,” open to the unknowability of the future. This space is, of course, tied to the specificities of the past, but in resisting determinism by acknowledging the impossibility of certain predictions, Hall outlines the present as a space of resilience and hope.

The horizon calls to mind moments when the destinations we’ve dreamed of come into sight. It situates collective visions in material space and landscape. It Remains An Open Horizon brings together 13 artists working with atmosphere and landscape as a way to imagine the political potential of the present.