Katie Paterson is one of the leading artists of her generation. Collaborating with scientists and researchers across the world, her work considers our place on Earth in the context of geological time and change.

In this event speakers from across the world will look at the ways that present-day inequalities get projected into futures; explore issues of decolonising the future and ask who has access to shaping and imagining futures.

In this session, we will hear from pioneers who are reorientating our politics, culture and economy to take future generations into account.

Toby Ord in conversation with Matthew Taylor:

In the twentieth century, we developed the means to destroy ourselves - without developing the moral framework to ensure we won't. This is what moral philosopher Toby Ord calls the Precipice, and how we respond to it will be the most crucial decision of our time.

Geologist Marcia Bjornerud, author of Timefulness, discusses why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to planetary survival.

Thursday 9th July marks the inaugural event in the Long Time Sessions, as well as the launch of the Serpentine’s report, Future Art Ecosystems