This application seeks EU Culture Programme support for the IMPLEMENTATION PHASE (1 May 2012–30 April 2013) of FORMER WEST (FW), a collaborative, pan-European, long-term, transdisciplinary art project.FW originated from deep dissatisfaction in part of the European artistic community—that now forms a sustainable network of some key progressive European art institutions and individuals—with how the so-called West failed to acknowledge the changes and impact that the year 1989 had on itself (preferring instead to understand them only in terms of their impact on the “former East” or Global South). The device “former West’” allows us to analyse our own history vis-à-vis the political, social, and economic developments that Europe continues to undergo, with a particular view on art and culture of the last 20-odd years, in an innovative way. Yet the project looks into the recent past mainly to think through new possibilities for the future. By virtue of its speculative nature, this device functions as a catalyst for developing new artistic and cultural prospects.This phase of the project (FW:IP) will be carried out by artists, thinkers, activists, art professionals, and art institutions in order to create (intergenerational) exchange and mobility among those invested in the belief of the political potential of art in times like ours, and will build upon the research results of previous phases to make the project visible and accessible to the public. Key facets of FW:IP include: Research Exhibitions (the Netherlands, Poland, Germany), among which is the key midterm research synthesis of the overall project, FORMER WEST: An Experimental Arrangement; Network Meetings; and the Digital Platform (www.formerwest.org). A broad European dialogue will be carried out in order to encourage constructive, propositional thinking about Europe and its art and cultural production in the global context, and to collectively engage with diverse publics in imagining other possible futures.