Articles + Updates

Join us on Friday 10th June, 2022 from 7pm at the Old Bank of England pub in central London.

We're thrilled to see The Boston Globe feature 2269 this weekend in their ‘Ideas’ section, both in print and online.

As any medieval historian will tell you, the “Dark Ages” refer to a lack of contemporary written sources about the period, rather than a technological dearth. Now data specialists are beginning to worry that when historians look back at the 21st century, they’ll see something similar.

How far would you go to save the future?

Progress is the realisation of utopias…

Children’s TV show Blue Peter is British institution, having been broadcast, uninterrupted since 1958. It’s safe to say it has delighted generations of children and has, for better or worse, reflected its times. Yet, their good faith efforts in the realm of the time capsule tell us a lot about the perils of trying to preserve things for posterity.

If the 2269 Party sounds far-fetched or overly optimistic sometimes, we like to think about Voyager, two probes sent out by NASA back in the ‘70s.

TUNE! What makes your setlist for the greatest party of all time?

Hello! I’m Matt Killeen and I’m the latest recruit to the 2269 project. You’ll see me wrangling social media and newsletters and whatnot, as well as general cheerleading.

We’re delighted to announce that the 2269 project was named winner of a Creativepool Annual People’s Choice Award this week.

Complete the sentence and be part of the art on June 6th, 2020.