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Speculative and Utopian Flags

Flags that use Pride flag-making to imagine possible futures rather than name existing communities. These designs come from artistic and speculative practice, but are not presented as community-adopted identity flags. To be included in this database, a design must be intended as a physical flag made to be flown outdoors. This distinguishes flags as real, deployable objects that can alter public space from works that only depict or reference flags.

Entries in this category (2)

  • Utopian Pride Flag #6 (2040 Progress Flag) A machine-printed nylon flag by Will Montgomery, 36 by 60 inches, made in New York City in 2022 as part of his Flags for Utopia series and flown for months from his Brooklyn rooftop flagpole across 2022 and 2023.
  • 5790/2029 Pride Flag A laser-printed nylon flag by Will Montgomery, 53 by 85 inches, shown in his exhibition Right to Assemble at The Center on Addison in Chicago in June 2026 and hung there as a tall banner.