The Future Is Certain; It’s the Past Which Is Unpredictable

The Future Is Certain; It’s the Past Which Is Unpredictable is an exhibition about the perception of time and history, about how the past can reassert itself in the present and the future. The old Soviet joke serving as its title is an entry point, an ironic comment on the general state of mind in the USSR during a time when the country attempted to reshape nearly all aspects of life.

The Future is Certain; It’s the Past Which Is Unpredictable, says its curator, “is an exhibition of ideas and artworks, as well as of historical facts and records that may appear or disappear through human agency or seemingly of their own accord. Many of the artists in the exhibition treat history as a material; for others it serves as a source of inspiration. Enter through a joke, stay for some time and dig through the past to the future. History is an experience.”

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.