Parallel Presents

Parallel Presents is a participatory and creative methodology for creating positive visions of sustainable worlds that can be used in diverse settings to generate fresh ideas and a shared sense of hope and possibility.

Parallel Presents was created by Professor Amy Twigger Holroyd at Nottingham School of Art & Design.

Use Parallel Presents

Parallel Presents is structured in three stages: writing, prototyping and enacting. Instructions are available for each stage, and can be adapted to suit the context in terms of focus, duration and format.

  • Stage 1: writing

    This activity invites you to write a 100-word outline of a fictional parallel world in which people live more sustainably.

  • Stage 2: prototyping

    This activity asks you to create a visual or material prototype to represent everyday life in a fictional world.

  • Stage 3: enacting

    This activity invites you to enact a practice or event from a fictional world as a way of experiencing an alternative system in which people live more sustainably.