Staying Awake in a New Era
The scenario: in 2065, nuclear fusion has become a reality—clean, unlimited energy powers the planet. The installation responds to this imagined breakthrough with a symbolic structure: a glowing, inflatable torus floats above a solid yellow platform. Its shape references fusion reactors, while pulsing LED lights simulate circulating particles inside.

The monument celebrates scientific progress, but also asks what this abundance might cost us. With limitless energy, consumption feels effortless—but does that make us more responsible, or more indifferent?

Visitors can enter the grounded platform beneath the torus, creating a space for reflection: on power, acceleration, and the risks of ignoring limits. The Dawn of Fusion invites us to stay awake in a future of glowing promises—to celebrate what we achieve, but also to question what we take for granted.

Brief

What if monuments didn’t just commemorate the past but confronted us with possible futures?
„Monuments of the Future“ transforms Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz during the Angewante Festival 2025 into a space of unexpected encounters, where visitors come face-to-face with striking monuments, from different possible futures. How would a monument look, that, celebrates but also questions a breakthrough in nuclear fusion? (Anab Jain)