Imagining New Eurasia is a participatory project to renew and reinterpret the idea of Eurasia. Explored will be new and old connections and relations between East and West, and in between.

Let’s imagine that Eurasia has been completely destroyed, possibly from religious, ethnic and national wars, or even by nuclear war. As a result, unaccountable numbers of cities, towns and villages lie in ruin, and all forms of states, communities and beliefs have vanished. The grandest civilization in the world upon the largest continent on the globe was simply erased. Perhaps the idea of Eurasia was not strong enough to sustain a peaceful co-existence of its parts.

Fortuitously, a new Eurasia could arise from the few specks of our cultural artifacts and memories that survived, here, there and everywhere. But what could they be? And how can they shape new cities, towns or villages?

Imagining New Eurasia Project invites you to send us your drawing, sketch, text, artwork, found object, photograph, map, memorabilia or other kinds of artifacts from which your city, town or village could be rebuilt or reimagined. We’d like to collect them from here, there and everywhere in Eurasia to exhibit and publish new histories and possible futures of a New Eurasia.

Submission Period: August 24 – October 2, 2015

Eligibility: Anyone living in or from Eurasia

Key dates:

August 24 – October 2, 2015: Submission
November 25, 2015 – July 15, 2016: Exhibition
November 25 – December 17, 2015: Online Voting
A worldwide real-time online poll will be conducted. The world’s citizens will participate to vote for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize-winners among the exhibited works, totaling 10,000 USD in awards.

December 18, 2015: Announcement of Winners

A project by Kyong Park

Commissioned by the Asia Culture Center – the ACC Creation and Asia Culture Institute

Supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Office for the Hub City of Asian Culture, Republic of Korea