Opus Unknown × WAC People

World Futures Orchestra

World Futures Orchestra invites curious minds to explore sound as a tool for imagination and world-building. Over one afternoon, twelve people build a small future together — listening, improvising and shaping it out of sound. No musical training is required. No instrument is required. Only attention and willingness. Open to anyone 18 or older, from any background, musical or not. World Futures Orchestra (WFO): Lagos edition is a project of Opus Unknown, presented in partnership with WAC People with the generous support of New York University's Gallatin School for Interdisciplinary Research.

World buildingMusic workshopOpus Unknown × WAC People

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Where

J. Randle Centre for Yorùbá Culture & History, Onikan, Lagos

Capacity

24 participants

Cadence

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Schedule

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Arrival & listening

Doors open. We begin by listening together.

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Building the world

Sound as material: we make the future we are imagining.

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Break

Food and open conversation.

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Playback & close

We perform what we built together and close.

1 of 24 places left

Reserve your place

Full name *

Email *

We email selected participants here.

Phone (WhatsApp preferred) *

I am 18 years or older *

Yes, I am 18+

Where are you based? *

What are you currently building, exploring or interested in? *

Tap a suggestion or write your own — there is no wrong answer.

Experience with music *

No prior knowledge of classical music is required.

Do you play an instrument or use a voice/tool you would bring?

Leave blank if none — instruments are not required.

Why do you want to be in the room? *

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How did you hear about this?

What role would you naturally take in the room? *

There is no wrong answer. It helps us balance the room.

Can you commit to the full session? *

We start together at 5:00PM. The room only works if everyone stays.

About Opus Unknown

Opus Unknown is a New York City research laboratory exploring the intersections of sound, culture, and technology. Working collaboratively with communities around the world, we foster cross-cultural inquiry through speculative design, worldbuilding, participatory workshops, performance, and multimodal ethnography.

Formed by Carol Gimbel, performer and designer, and Ayodamola Okunseinde, technologist and anthropologist, Opus Unknown is collaborating with WAC People to present their current iteration of the World Futures Orchestra (WFO): Lagos edition, a global, sonic “self-portraiture” that both shines light on cultural heritage and helps society to think more imaginatively about our futures.

In partnership with

J. Randle Centre for Yorùbá Culture & History