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Me and Robert Willim got involved in a collaboration by coincidence with artist Hafsah Naib, Artist in residency, Moments of Breathing With You.
With all this talk about ‘open knowledge’ and ‘open data’ at FutureEverything 2010 - I started to think about what all this could mean for contemporary artists and art production. Here, I’ve written about some of the issues and ideas that I think it raises in the context of ‘making art’. I’ve also drawn some insight from art from the past, this year’s FutureEverything art strand and other creative practice going on out there...
There were two BIG themes that ran through yesterday’s conference sessions at FutureEverything. The first explored the nature of our experience in contemporary global cities. The second shined a light on the new opportunities and challenges opening up, as a result of the ‘open knowledge’ and ‘open data’ movement...
As you may know, there’s lots and lots going on at FutureEverything this year, across the art programme, the conference and the music strands...
There were a number of sessions at the FutureEverything conference this year exploring play, collaboration and making things...
Having attended this year’s FutureEverything conference, associated art exhibitions and the Art and Media conversation event at Castlefield Gallery, I have noticed a tension emerge between the worlds of media production and media art - particularly around questions of what media art is, who makes it and where we might find it...
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Facilitated by Sarah Hardy from the Guardian, Open Data: Moving the Immovable invited a panel of experts, who represented different sides of the ‘data debate’, to talk about their experience in this area...
Yesterday, I hopped along to the FutureEverything art launch event, at the Hive on Lever Street. Located in Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter, the Hive is also home to the Art Council’s Manchester office. This year, one of the ground floor units has been transformed into an exhibition space for Serendipity City - the exhibition at the heart of the FutureEverything art strand...
Hello everyone, and welcome to the official Axis blog for FutureEverything 2010. My name’s Claire and I’ll be posting regular updates throughout the Festival. Coverage will focus on the art programme and the conference. I’d really like to hear what you think too (more about this on Tuesday…)...
The FutureEverything art strand starts to wind up this weekend. Today, is the last day of Cu by Contents May Vary. If you’re based in Manchester and haven’t made it yet - I strongly recommend that you grab an hour at lunchtime or after work (it’s open til 2100), and head down to the Palace Hotel basement bar on Oxford Road. If you’re into contemporary art and like to see what emerging artists are getting up to, Cu is really worth checking out...