Island of Vis, Croatia - A new school is emerging on the top of a hill overlooking the stunning Adriatic Sea. Founded by a group of visionary thinkers, artists, actors, builders and philosophers, the school aims to inspire and educate in response to the urgent need for transformative solutions to the crises of our time.

With the climate crisis worsening by the day, education systems failing to address the needs of young people, while addiction to social media and overspread violence fueling fear and division, this new school aims to slow down, experiment with building different ways of thinking, living and co-living, promising to create a sort of "concrete utopia" in times of extinction.

In ancient times, around 2,400 years ago, Vis was home to the first polis in this part of the Mediterranean, known as Issa. In the 20th century the island gained notoriety for the cave where Tito was hiding and operating the resistance movement in WWII that played a key role in defeating Hitler. Today, Vis is famous for its stunning beaches and crystal-clear waters. This could change soon.

Together w/ philosophers Srećko Horvat and Franco "Bifo" Berardi, the actors Goran Bogdan, Pamela Anderson and Gael García Bernal artists !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Hito Steyerl and Bobby Gillespie, writers, painters, sociologists including Predrag Kolaković, Saša Savanović, Dora Held, Marko Pogačar, Valerio Baćak, Jelena Ostojić.

"ISSA’s unique location on remote island in the middle of the Mediterranean creates a distance to reflect on and recalibrate our relationships with technologies and infrastructures. ISSA is a special, utopian space for radical artistic experimentation. We are looking forward to inviting artists, hackers & passionate dilletantes to join us in carrying stones, developing the school’s low-tech infrastructure while thinking about novel and better versions of the Internets.”

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