Here we will design other worlds, bring impossibilities to life, remix histories and artifacts, disclose parallel dimensions, invent critical fabulations, model ontological oddities. In short, we will stretch our imaginations to enact possibilities, prototype the otherworldly and think about how reality can change. In opposition to what could be termed a ‘clean’ fiction, practised on the drawing boards of design studios, the simulated atmospheres of computer renders or the secluded environments of production studios, this lab celebrates fictional exercises that take place in the three-dimensional reality of the exhibition space and its visitors. It asks, how can an exhibition enact a fiction? To what extent can it actualise possibilities by making them real for a period of time? Through speculative design, Afro-surrealism, critical fabulations and re-edited pedagogies, key thinkers and curators of contemporary design will explore the radical potential of fiction as a tool for social change. The laboratory is composed of four workshops, each with a different character and enacting a fictional institution — an archive, an assembly, a committee and a school. During the workshop each of these fictional institutions will come to life, transforming into four installations that will open to public as a collective exhibition. You can be part of Fiction Practice by registering to take part in one of the workshops.