Manchester, 12-15 May 2010
After 15 years at the sharpest edge of digital culture, Futuresonic evolves into FutureEverything festival
From a Roman feast in a luxury hotel lobby to a revolutionary new way of connecting globally, FutureEverything announces its 2010 festival programme. Taking place in Manchester from 12 to 15 May, FutureEverything brings together some of the world’s most visionary thinkers, artists and musicians to celebrate the creativity and innovation being used to drive social change in the digital age.
FutureEverything, a cultural organisation which advances and advocates social innovation through creativity and digital technology, has programmed a festival that embraces the whole city, using locations as diverse as the derelict grandeur of Victoria Baths to telephone kiosks dotted around Manchester. The programme explores five strands: Art, Music, Conference, PlayEverything and Showcase. Highlights include:
The launch of GloNet, a new way to interact globally, extends the festival via live events in five cities in different time zones, and was developed to respond to needs for festivals to find new ways to be globally connected and reduce air miles
The Conference, where 500 opinion-formers, artists, technologists and scientists take part in lectures, forums and panel discussions on the way people and organisations operate, innovate and interact
Visionary thinker Adam Greenfield curates iPhone and Android Apps to explore surprise and drift in Serendipity City
Agents of Change transform a secret urban location using spray-cans and perception altering art, streamed live across the city as clues gradually reveal their location
Cutting-edge music performances including acclaimed Japanese artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda’s audio-visual work inspired by his fascination with data, sound and light, and legendary Konono No. 1’s distinctive, raw sounds taken from traditional Bazombo trance
Presentation of the inaugural £10,000 FutureEverything Award to this year’s winner, The EyeWriter, a pair of low-cost eye-tracking glasses that allow artists and graffiti writers with paralysis to draw using only their eyes.
FutureEverything founder Drew Hemment comments:
“After 15 years at the forefront of art, music and ideas, Futuresonic has returned as FutureEverything. FutureEverything has taken digital culture into the hearts and minds of people across the UK and the world. It is a celebration of incredible people, ideas and art, a place to find inspiration, and to share fantastic experiences.”
Alongside the core festival programme, FutureEverything also supports a Showcase, a series of satellite music and art events across the city for new talent. The Showcase enables a greater active participation in festival programme whilst providing access to contacts, development opportunities and exposure.
For more programme information and ticketing information visit www.futureeverything.org
