FutureEverything
Festival 2010
Festival 2010
World premieres of astonishing artworks, an explosive city-wide music programme, and visionary thinkers from around the world across 4 festival strands - Art, Music, Ideas and Showcase. In 2009, the audience for the festival was 75,000, and the media footprint was 48.5 million (SKV).-
Art Launch
Continuing FutureEverything's pioneering approach to the digital world, this year's art programme considers urban interventions, the way we see the city, and expansive methods of visualising data....12 May 2010 5pm - 9pmThe HiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Agents of Change 0.3
VENUE REVEALED!! Fresh from transforming an abandoned village, the contemporary art collective Agents of Change hit Manchester with spray cans, paint and perception-altering art on their minds....10 May 2010 10am - 6pmSecret venue, to be revealedArt Themes: Urban Interventions -
Prime Numerics
A live audiovisual remix of the 2010 UK election TV debate by FutureEverything Award nominated USA design group....29 April 2010 7.30pm - 11pmPeople's History MuseumArt Themes: Art Expanded -
The Feast of Trimalchio
A multiple projection experience, that updates and abstracts the story of the Roman plutocrat Trimalchio from Petronius’ Satyricon, transposing the orgies of masters and servants to the setting of a...12 May 2010 10am - 9pmPalace Hotel FoyerArt Themes: Urban Interventions -
Social Game Sandpit
Join the action in a day of social games and playful experiences. Choose a few games to play and then sneak, run, betray, discover, act or puzzle your way to...15 May 2010 5.30pm - 10pmContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Comixed: Remixing the Conversation
Three inspirational speakers will offer a vision of the future. Listen, contribute and join the video remix workshop to reinterpret and mash-up this vision and make it your own....15 May 2010 12:30ContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
OUT and ABOUT, and ALWAYS ON
A project illustrating how to get creative with *ubiquitous* infinite bandwidth. Groups in Manchester and New York will roam the city streets, capturing and sharing the sights and sounds around...15 May 2010 3pm - 5pmContact & City WideArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Call & Response (Unlimited Connectivity)
Vocalists and performers in Manchester and New York get creative with unlimited bandwidth, starting a series of regular performance events between the cities using telepresence and remote connections....15 May 2010 5pm - 6pmContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Remember Me
RememberMe is a collaborative project with the Oxfam shop, near Contact Theatre. Leading up to FutureEverything, artists will be based in the shop, recording brief stories about the donated objects....12 May 2010 10am - 5:30pmOxfamArt Themes: Share Me -
No. 207
No.207 is rooted in the artist's observation of the urban milieu, the aesthetic possibilities of the city and the implications of architectural modernism....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Google Street Views
Artist Jon Rafman has built a collection of extraordinary pictures taken by the nine-eyed cameras of Google Street View. The scenes provide moments of humour, crime, and beauty, which...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Elsewhereness
The Elsewhereness series deals with questions of site specificity, juxtaposing the nomadic with the place-bound. Early site specific artworks in the 1960s – 70s were often massive in form and...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
A Journey
“A Journey” is an interactive light installation that aims to offer people a dream-like world inside an old medicine case....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Serendipity Apps: Apps for Networked Cities & Citizens
Visionary thinker Adam Greenfield suggests the joy of cities is found in unexpected culture clashes. In Serendipity Apps he curates a collection of iPhone and Android apps which support surprise...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
New York New York
New York, New York imagines a second mirror-image version of NYC built next to the original....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
The Fab Lab Art Challenge
Fab Lab’s contain cutting-edge machinery such as laser cutters, etchers, robotic routers and 3-dimensional printers. FutureEverything have challenged 18 artists to create new work in 8 hours....12 May 2010Fab LabArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Fab Lab Artist in Residence
Originating at MIT, the Manchester Fab Lab is the first open access rapid prototyping lab of its kind in the UK and FutureEverything has placed Rob Bailey as the inaugural...6 April 2010Fab LabArt Themes: Art Expanded -
The Eyewriter
The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people who are suffering from ALS, and other degenerative neuromuscular diseases, with creative technologies....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Open_Sailing
Open_Sailing is an international community trying to develop the International_Ocean_Station as an open-source project, developing hardware and software to enable intelligent human activities at sea....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Slurb
The animated, carnivalesque tailgate party of Slurb loops and stutters like a vinyl record stuck in a groove. Slurb – a word that collapses “slum” and “suburb” – encapsulates a...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmThe HiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Bicycle Built for Two Thousand
Comprised of 2,088 voice recordings of the song “Daisy Bell” collected via Amazon's Mechanical Turk web service. Workers were prompted to listen to a short sound clip, then record themselves...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Artist’s Choice: Data Visualisations
Engaging with the shift towards an age of open data, FutureEverything is chuffed to welcome back artist and designer Aaron Koblin. Here, Koblin has selected an array of personal...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
A Planetary Order (Terrestrial Cloud Globe)
A Planetary Order is a terrestrial globe showing clouds from one single moment in time, thereby subtly highlighting the fragility and interdependence of the Earth’s environmental systems....12 May 2010HiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Poly
Poly is the latest project from the R&D lab at Digit. The team have been investigating new modes of data visualization; bringing online feeds to life in a physical and...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Guide To Free Farming
'the guide to free farming' reveals the unsuspecting resources hidden in our towns. Recipes include street flower salad and grilled rat, along with instructions for plucking a pigeon, and using...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Things Happen Fanzine: The City Experiment
Design LAB, the multi-disciplinary design group based at Manchester Metropolitan University present a fanzine concerned with critiquing and remaking the city. Pick up a copy at the FutureEverything Hubs....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Manchester Kiosks
The Manchester Modernist Society present Manchester Kiosks, a new artist commission to reclaim and reconnect the five remaining iconic k6 red telephone kiosks in Manchester...12 May 2010 10am - 5pmMuseum of Science and Industry (MOSI)Art Themes: Urban Interventions -
Manchester Modernist Society Walks
To complement the Kiosks project, the Manchester Modernist Society present a walking tour. Meet by the steps of the Central Library and discover the remaining kiosks and many Modernist...13 May 2010 2pm - 4pmCentral Library stepsArt Themes: Urban Interventions -
Manchester Modernist Map
The Manchester Modernist Society, in partnership with Taylor Young Architects, introduces an interactive online map of 20th century Manchester architectural landmarks....12 May 2010 10am - 6pmHiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Larkin' About
Larkin' About is an on-going collaboration between theatre practitioners, digital artists, map makers, live artists and game players. Pick up a map and instructions and explore FutureEverything from our playful...15 May 2010 2pm - 7pmKro2Art Themes: Urban Interventions -
FriiSpray
FriiSpray is a guerilla infrared graffiti installation using a custom infra-red spray can, a projector, a Nintendo WiiMote, and open source software. Come create digital graffiti on the windows of...12 May 2010 9pm - 11pmKro2Art Themes: Urban Interventions -
Moments of Breathing with You
Cornerhouse in collaboration with FutureEverything is pleased to host artist-in-residence Hafsah Naib, who will respond to current exhibition Contemporary Art Iraq....12 May 2010 12pm - 8pmCornerhouseArt Themes: Share Me -
13 May 2010 10am - 6pmContactArt Themes: Share Me -
Cu Exhibition Reception
Cu explores the thin veneer between two states or media. Curatorial collective Contents May Vary raise questions and instigate dialogues, asking what can be defined as the connections or disconnections...13 May 2010 6pm - 9pmCopperface JacksArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Art & Media: Cu Exhibition
Cu is an exhibition on the thin veneer between two states or media, in which Manchester-based curatorial collective Contents May Vary respond to the context of FutureEverything 2010....13 May 2010 10am - 6pmCopperface JacksArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Art & Media Conversation Event
Bringing artists, gallerists and curators to the table, this series of short presentations and related open discussions explore the relationships and boundaries between media art and visual art....15 May 2010 2-5pmCastlefield GalleryConference Themes: Free Conference Events Art Themes: Art Expanded -
WOW Artist Residency
WOW is a visual design studio based in Tokyo, Sendai and Florence. As part of an exciting exchange between Sendai and Manchester, FutureEverything welcome WOW for a lively artist’s...12 May 2010Art Themes: Art Expanded -
Aaron Koblin - Data Visualisations
We live our lives surrounded by data, in a digitally mediated reality. Artist and designer Aaron Koblin has curated an eclectic selection of his favourite data visualisations...12 May 2010Serendipity City @ The HiveArt Themes: Serendipity City -
Controllerism Workshop
Step up to one of five different networked instruments, including Moldover's new multiplayer instrument, The SyncoMasher. Record samples, tweak loops, jam with other people and have fun....15 May 2010 12pm - 12amContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Finissage and Fab Lab Presentation
Following a series of artist residencies, we'll be presenting the results of the Fab Lab Art Challenge...15 May 2010 6 - 8pmPost Room, Palace HotelArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Dirty Electronics Workshop & Performance
Build from scratch a DIY electronic instrument you can take home with you for only £5. An alternative to mass produced digital Culture, followed by performance....15 May 2010 4pm - 8pmContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Memories are Brighter than our Digital Debris
Everyday digital archives have become ubiquitous through the use of mobile technologies such as smartphones. As a result, we're constantly archiving and recording our experiences, often at the same time...15 May 2010 12pm - 12amContactArt Themes: PlayEverything -
Film Screening: Manchester Architecture and Design Festival Student Screening
In collaboration with Lancaster University's Experimentality programme, students from the college of Continuity in Architecture will premiere short films exploring narrative approaches to architecture. Followed by an informal reception....13 May 2010 6pm - 9pmCUBEArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Film Screening: Bricks and Mortar
A selection of films that focus on urban architecture and planning and seek out hidden, shifting meanings sometimes by destructive means. Includes work by John Smith, Guy Sherwin, Karen Mirza...14 May 2010 7pm - 10pmCopperface JacksArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Film Screening: Slanted Cities & Slip Roads
A programme of short films that take inspiration from suburbs, industrial estates and the glimpses witnessed when traversing urban landscapes. Includes Jacques Peretti’s joyously deadpan Stepford Lives, a film...15 May 2010 7pm - 10pmCopperface JacksArt Themes: Art Expanded -
Partner Exhibition: Unbuilt
Almost a decade ago, undergraduates commenced architecture degrees amid a booming economic climate. As they graduate into a recession, Blank Media Collective offer an exciting opportunity to showcase unrealised work....7 May 2010EASA HQArt Themes: Partner Exhibitions -
Partner Exhibition: Manchester Architecture and Design Festival (MADF)
An exhibition of projects by members of the Manchester Society of Architects for the 2010 Design Awards, highlighting the important role played by architecture and design in enhancing the built...12 May 2010 10am - 6pmCUBEArt Themes: Partner Exhibitions -
Partner Exhibition: Lan Wei
Lan Wei is a photography exhibition, by acclaimed Hong Kong artist, Stanley Wong. Photographs of abandoned buildings capture the relics of a mad development ‘gold rush’ in Asia....16 April 2010 10am - 6pmChinese Arts CentreArt Themes: Partner Exhibitions -
Partner Exhibition: Contemporary Art Iraq
The first UK exhibition of contemporary art from Iraq since the first Gulf War, examining practices that are emerging with fresh perspectives from a culture marked by conflict and turmoil....16 April 2010 12pm - 8pmCornerhouseArt Themes: Partner Exhibitions -
The City Experiment Building
Due to a touch of the unforeseens, The City Experiment Building has been replaced with Thinking Inside The Box a Shipping Container in Piccadilly Gardens hosting conversations on the use...13 May 2010 10am - 6pmPublic SpaceArt Themes: Urban Interventions -
PlayEverything - FREE
A special free all-day event bringing together the artists and geeks, and introducing you to the wonders of the digital space....15 May 2010 12:00 - 00:00Contact, Oxford Road -
15 May 2010 12pm - 12amContact
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GloNet (Globally Networked Event)
GloNet (Globally Networked Event). Featuring speakers from Sendai (Japan), Istanbul (Turkey), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Vancouver (Canada), plus John Worthington, Nigel Shadbolt, and Adam Greenfield....13 May 2010 10:00 - 19:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
GloNet 2010
GloNet 2010 takes place on Thursday 13 May. GloNet is a prototype for a new kind of globally networked event. FutureEverything is shifting from a single city event to one...13 May 2010 10:00am- 7:00pmContact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
Now Wave Clubnight
Helping to celebrate the 'now' and not the 'then', join the excellent Now Wave resident DJ's Wesley and Jon for a feast of eclectic new indie and electronic music upstairs...12 May 2010 11pm - 2amThe Deaf Institute -
Music Launch
Featuring some of Manchester's finest DJs. For the duration of the festival, the FutureEverything Music Hub at Kro2 is the place to hear some of the city's finest rising talents,...12 May 2010 7pm - 12amKro2 -
![Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [live set] / Mika Vainio [live]](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/r_ikeda.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=751ff987b5aae22752cef137572cfdb3)
Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [live set] / Mika Vainio [live]
A rare opportunity to see two of the world's leading conceptual sound artists - both best known for their work exploring abstract electronics - perform on the same stage....12 May 2010 9pm - 11pmBBC Studio 7, Oxford Road -
Infinite Bandwidth, Zero Latency - panel discussion
Infinite Bandwidth, Zero Latency panel discussion. Featuring: Clem Herman, Mike Ryan, Brian Condon, Tony Hirst, Peter Kawalek and Shaun Fensom. Ken Eason Facilitator...13 May 2010 10:00 - 11:40Contact Space 2Conference Themes: Infinite Bandwidth -
Open Data: Moving the Immovable
The panel will look at the approaches that people are taking in accessing this data and the many challenges faced....13 May 2010 10:00 - 11:40Contact Space 3Conference Themes: Open Data -
GloNet: Introduction to Sendai, Japan
An introduction to Sendai, Japan and their theme, Creative Cities, with an original song by electronica group antennasia....13 May 2010 10:30Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
GloNet: Quickfire talks with Sendai, Japan
Our speakers from Japan and the UK in this session investigate creativity and the city. Featuring: Koichiro Kimura, WOW, Pragya Agarwal, Adam Scott...13 May 2010 10:40Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
GloNet: Head-to-head with Sendai, Japan
In this session John Worthington and Masahige Motoe delve deep under the hood of the Creative City theme....13 May 2010 11:05Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
OpenEverything: The Rewards and Challenges of a Transparent Culture
Open Data is seen by many as being a panacea for society's ills. It offers the potential for a more transparent and accountable government and a way to reconnect the...13 May 2010 12:00 - 13:30Contact Space 2Conference Themes: Open Data -
Infinite Bandwidth: Zero Latency - workshop and further discussion
Infinite Bandwidth: Zero Latency workshop and further discussion...13 May 2010 12:00 - 13:30Contact Space 3Conference Themes: Infinite Bandwidth -
GloNet: Introduction to Istanbul, Turkey
A short introduction to Istanbul, Turkey, and their theme, Urban Growth in an Age of Networks....13 May 2010 12:15Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
GloNet: Head-to-head with Istanbul
In this session Ozgur Uckan and Simon Marvin present their views on the realities of urban growth....13 May 2010 12:20Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
GloNet: Serendipity City 1 - Sendai and Istanbul
If there is no creativity without serendipity, how do we foster serendipity in the networked city? Adam Greenfield in conversation with the GloNet champions in Sendai and Istanbul....13 May 2010 13:10Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
GloNet: Performances
Musical performances by antennasia and DJ Mu-r from Sendai, Japan broadcast across the GloNet...13 May 2010 13:30Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
13 May 2010 14:30Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment
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Open Data: Navigating the Data Terrain
Open Data: Navigating the Data Terrain panel discussion. Chris Osbourne, Ian Forrester, Toby Barnes, Michelle Teran and Brendan Dawes...13 May 2010 14:30 - 15:50Contact Space 2Conference Themes: Open Data -
Open Data and the Semantic Web - panel discussion
This session looks at how open data and the semantic web are intertwined and some of the benefits and challenges that are faced....13 May 2010 14:30 - 15:50Contact Space 3Conference Themes: Open Data -
GloNet: Introduction to São Paulo, Brazil
An introduction to São Paulo, Brazil and the theme of Transitory Geographies...13 May 2010 15:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
GloNet: Mini-Keynote by Guilherme Wisnik
Mini-keynote with Guilherme Wisnik, author of several books and is the curator of Margin, a public art project supported by Itaú Cultural (2008-2012)....13 May 2010 15:05Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
GloNet: Quickfire talks with Sao Paulo, Brazil
Our speakers from Brazil in this Quickfire session investigate the theme of transitory geographies....13 May 2010 15:55Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
The Mythology Engine: Navigating Complex Narrative
Drama is traditionally seen as a complex interweaving of character, situation and narrative over a period of time. The semantic web offers an incredible opportunity for navigating this narrative. Presentation...13 May 2010 16:05 - 16:45Contact Space 3Conference Themes: ImagineEverything,Open Data -
Future of Music - panel discussion
How are audiences using the Internet for the creation and consumption of music? This panel presents the latest research by Sound and Music and Netaudio London into current user behaviour...13 May 2010 16:05 - 17:30Contact Space 2Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
GloNet: Lecture by Felipe Fonseca
Lecture by Felipe Fonseca, a Brazilian media activist and researcher working with technological appropriation, low tech experimentation, free (libre) and open source multimedia software, and open licensing....13 May 2010 16:15Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment -
GloNet: Introduction to Vancouver, Canada
An introduction to Vancouver, Canada, and their theme of Open Data....13 May 2010 16:45Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet -
GloNet: Serendipity City 2 - São Paulo and Vancouver
If there is no creativity without serendipity, how do we foster serendipity in the networked city? Adam Greenfield in conversation with the GloNet champions in São Paulo and Vancouver....13 May 2010 16:50Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,The City Experiment,Open Data -
GloNet: Open Data: Changing the Game
Mini-Keynote by Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deputy Head (Research) of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University....13 May 2010 17:10Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,Open Data -
GloNet: Quickfire talks with Vancouver, Canada
Andrea Reimer, Am Johal, Ian Forrester, and Tim Dobson investigate open data in our Quickfire talk format....13 May 2010 18:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,Open Data -
Global Digital Cafe
Two Manchester based communities: Social Media Cafe Manchester and Northern Digitals invite you to join them, together with Sao Paolo and Vancouver, for an informal evening of bandwidth hogging international...13 May 2010 18:00 - 21:00Contact TheatreConference Themes: Free Conference Events -
13 May 2010 18:25Contact Space 1Conference Themes: GloNet,Open Data
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The FutureEverything Music Hub -Thursday
The FutureEverything Music Hub at Kro 2 is the place to hear some of the city’s finest rising talents. Kro 2’s Secret Garden Stage plays host to live sets and...13 May 2010 5pm - 9pmKro2 -
![Konono No.1 [live] / Bass Clef [live] / Jon K](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/konono330.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=86f6eca2b99e3ca5ee083a477d273aff)
Konono No.1 [live] / Bass Clef [live] / Jon K
A stunning event, celebrating innovative world music and featuring legendary Angolan / Congolese band Konono No1....13 May 2010 7.30pm - 11pmClub Academy, Oxford Road -
Detroit Public Radio
Featuring the Detroit Public Radio resident DJ's plus some very special guests, broadcasting an interstellar funk / disco / house / cosmic selection every Thursday from their spiritual Northern Quarter...13 May 2010 9pm - 2amOdd Bar -
Odder Bar presents...
Get down to Odder Bar to hear some of Manchester's finest DJ's playing a mix of indie, electro, 80's, new wave and pop with amazing drinks offers starting from just...13 May 2010 9pm - 2amOdder Bar -
Stop Making Sense
Chasing the vibe dragon down the rabbit hole of genre. Summoning the beat daemon with the wonky Ouija Board. A séance with the king of pop plus super special guest...13 May 2010 9pm - 2amCommon -
Keynote: Dame Wendy Hall
In this talk Dame Wendy Hall will explore how this new science of the Web has become established, the insights that are beginning to emerge and discuss the major research...14 May 2010 10:00 - 11:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
Visioning the City - panel discussion
This panel will explore how the experience of the city can be altered through new techniques of modelling, recording and augmenting the physical and sensory aspects of the urban built...14 May 2010 10:00 - 11:15Contact Space 2Conference Themes: The City Experiment -
Cities of Insurrection - panel discussion
This panel will explore conflict in the new global cities, from vigilantism in the slums of India to a new insurrectionary politics emerging in the cities of Europe....14 May 2010 10:00 - 11:30Contact Space 3Conference Themes: The City Experiment -
Talis Platform Open Day
Following on from the Open Data and the Semantic Web session. This is an opportunity to delve further into the world of the Semantic Web, Linked Data and RDF. The...14 May 2010 10:30 - 16:00Offsite EventConference Themes: Open Data -
![Grum / Starsmith DJ Set / MAY68 [live] / Oscar Wildstyle](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/Grum330.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=ae9c850aca58d997fb435a6ace57c0ff)
Grum / Starsmith DJ Set / MAY68 [live] / Oscar Wildstyle
An event headed up by three of the hottest names of the UK electro and pop scenes....14 May 2010 10pm - 3amThe Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street -
Hot Milk / Swing Ting
An event celebrating the raw carnival sounds of funky bassment, brought to you by Manchester's Hot Milk and Swing Ting. Expect to hear the spectrum of Jamaican music from ska...14 May 2010 10pm - 4amThe Roadhouse -
Shaping the City - panel discussion
Cities are constantly changing, with many forces influencing their growth, gentrification, liveability and international profile. Join our experts who will describe the ways that cities are shaped by climate, culture,...14 May 2010 11:15 - 13:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: The City Experiment -
Doing It Together - panel discussion
New ways of working together are emerging and developing. Networked collaboration, the open sourcing of everything, and increasing ease of access to DIY technologies means an explosion of creativity that...14 May 2010 11:30 - 13:00Contact Space 2Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
New IO? - Interaction in the networked city
With the increase in mobile, personal and ambient technologies (such as public screens and ubiquitous connectivity), the ‘interaction order’ (IO) of behaviours in public spaces and associated social skills are...14 May 2010 11:30 - 13:00Contact Space 3Conference Themes: The City Experiment -
![Omar Souleyman [live] / Mark Ernestus & Paul St. Hilaire / King Midas Sound [live] / Demdike Stare [live] / Andy Votel](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/OmarSouleyman330.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=cd9e80c4aeb53532f980c139b8236c05)
Omar Souleyman [live] / Mark Ernestus & Paul St. Hilaire / King Midas Sound [live] / Demdike Stare [live] / Andy Votel
Celebrating the next wave of musical innovation, legendary Syrian musician Omar Souleyman is joined by some of the strongest talents in contemporary music....14 May 2010 11pm - 4amSound Control, New Wakefield Street -
Data-Trace After Party
Following on from their epic adventure by boat, the Data-Trace crew take over The Seven Oaks for one hell of an after party including special guests Subeena, Dead Sound, Smashback...14 May 2010 11pm - 6amThe Seven Oaks -
Ludic Interfaces panel discussion
Ludic interfaces are playful interfaces, taking the best from computer games, artistic experiments, interactive media, social networks and modding cultures and resulting in tools that offer an ease of use...14 May 2010 13:30 - 15:00Contact Space 2Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
Keynote: Ben Cerveny
Ben Cerveny's keynote will explore how, as newly-emerging urban-scale technology infrastructures are implemented, citizens will begin to gain the ability to affect their environment in new ways, using city services...14 May 2010 14:00 - 15:00Contact Space 1Conference Themes: The City Experiment -
The City Debate
The City Debate is where Manchester will forge its own future and spark conversations that will evolve long into the future. Expect a lively exchange with a wide range of...14 May 2010 15:00 - 17:30Manchester Business SchoolConference Themes: The City Experiment,Free Conference Events -
Keynote: Keri Facer
In her keynote, Keri will explore the scenarios emerging from the Beyond Current Horizons programme and ask how, as a society, we can learn together as communities to respond to...14 May 2010 15:15 - 16:15Contact Space 1Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
New Creativity - panel discussion
How do we play, collaborate, and create in a way that makes a real impact on the world? This panel will take a wide-ranging view of making an impact while...14 May 2010 15:15 - 16:45Contact Space 2Conference Themes: ImagineEverything -
14 May 2010 15:15 - 16:45Contact Space 3Conference Themes: ImagineEverything
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McLuhan in Europe 2011 - inaugural lecture
Many of McLuhan's most powerful insights came from his deep engagement with the artistic and literary avant-gardes of the early 20th century. The inaugural McLuhan in Europe 2011 lecture will...14 May 2010 16:30 - 17:30Contact Space 1 -
The FutureEverything Music Hub -Friday
The FutureEverything Music Hub at Kro 2 is the place to hear some of the city’s finest rising talents. Kro 2’s Secret Garden Stage plays host to live sets and...14 May 2010 5pm - 9pmKro2 -
Boomkat presents...With Special Guests
As part of the 2010 festival we have asked our friends at Boomkat to stage an event at one of Manchester's finest establishments, The Salutation....14 May 2010 6pm - 12amThe Salutation, 12 Higher Chatham Street -
Animal Collective and Danny Perez present ODDSAC
An extremely special evening featuring two advance screenings of ODDSAC...14 May 2010 6pm - 8pmMint Lounge -
Data-Trace Boat Party
A three hour cruise along Manchester's ship canal brought to you by Manchester record label, Data Trace, with a bass quaking, electro flavoured soundtrack provided by Glover, Teutonic Kaboom and...14 May 2010 7pm - 10pmCastlefield Basin -
Raise Your Voice - Times Two
Helping to bring classical music into unconventional venues and promoting the music of younger composers, Raise Your Voice - Times Two is an evening concert of contemporary classical music with...14 May 2010 7pm - 10pmCentro Bar -
![Moldover [live] / Atau & Adam [live]](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/moldover330.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=469570bfc54210e14069c990dd3c4e52)
Moldover [live] / Atau & Adam [live]
A stunning event celebrating music and technology, headed up by one of the leading lights in the US experimental electronic music scene....14 May 2010 8pm - 10pmContact, Oxford RoadArt Themes: PlayEverything -
![Plaid [live A/V] / Mark Pilkington [live]](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/plaid330.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=9b299afe3c05a57ac11d1f54cbd42805)
Plaid [live A/V] / Mark Pilkington [live]
FutureEverything is proud to present a breathtaking A/V performance by electronica legends Plaid, with support from Mark Pilkington, held in the beautiful and unique setting of Victoria Baths....14 May 2010 9pm - 11pmVictoria Baths, Hathersage Road -
Freitags
An excursion of musical wonderment joining the dots between Kraut, Baltimore Club, House, Indie, Electro, Outsider Pop, Disco, Cosmic Nonsense and forgotten gems....14 May 2010 9pm - 2amCommon -
Mind On Fire
A musical feast of hip-hop, mutant funk and bass heavy dubstep brought to you by the resident DJ's and fanatical music collectors behind one of Manchester's most forward thinking music...14 May 2010 9pm - 2amOdder Bar -
![Rob Hall / Cosmic Force [live] / Ali Renault [live] / Peter Mangalore](http://2010.futureeverything.org//image.php?src=http://2010.futureeverything.org/assets/images/musicians/hall320.jpg&w=66&h=66&zc=1&hash=b3ffc0db8baecb9261b30dc1c5b43960)
Rob Hall / Cosmic Force [live] / Ali Renault [live] / Peter Mangalore
Saturday night's event at The Deaf Institute is an aural feast for fans of modern electro and techno....15 May 2010 10pm - 3amThe Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street -
Kyle Hall / meandyou. DJ's
Saturday night sees Detroit wunderkind Kyle Hall play an intimate show at The Soup Kitchen....15 May 2010 10pm - 4amThe Soup Kitchen, 31 - 33 Spear Street -
Dispatch
Dispatch is a night of mangled electronics, bleeps and bass featuring a headlining set from BPitch Control artist Kiki along with support including Scrubber Fox, Sheffield Bleep, EatDisco residents and...15 May 2010 10pm - 4amThe Ruby Lounge -
L-Vis 1990 / Roska / Oneman / Dusk & Blackdown / Oldboy
A huge line-up of future garage, tropical and UK funky featuring the next wave of musicians currently leading the underground sound of the UK....15 May 2010 11pm - 4amSound Control, New Wakefield Street -
PlayEverything Unconference
A day of open, participatory workshop and conversation events, whose content is provided by participants....15 May 2010 12:00 - 24:00Contact TheatreConference Themes: Free Conference Events Art Themes: PlayEverything -
The Future of Digital Zion
A showcase of the young performers groups that are coming out of Zion Arts Centre which include lyricists, MC’s, film, visual artists and street dancers. Performance will respond to real...15 May 2010 12:30pm - 1:30pmZion Centre -
The FutureEverything Music Hub - Saturday
The FutureEverything Music Hub at Kro 2 is the place to hear some of the city’s finest rising talents. Kro 2’s Secret Garden Stage plays host to live sets and...15 May 2010 1pm - 9pmKro2 -
The Laptop Prom
Sponsored by Manchester Metropolitan University The Laptop Prom is a new and exciting form of social, collaborative, live performance of electronic music made with laptop computers....15 May 2010 2pm - 5pmVoice Studio -
Dirty Electronics Workshop & Performance: The Skull Etching
Exploring an approach in electronic music that is directly opposed to those found in mass produced digital culture, the workshop session presents a number of key ideas relating to dirty...15 May 2010 2pm - 6pmContact TheatreArt Themes: PlayEverything -
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Jesu [live] / Dead Fader [live] / Cloaks
A stunning event exploring the heavier and more abrasive side of contemporary music...15 May 2010 7:30pm - 10:30pmSound Control -
Beatjuice present Vent' Brewer
Beatjuice brings to Odder a genre hopping, party rocking blend of all that's exciting in contemporary music with a nod to the past, the present and the future. Bring your...15 May 2010 9pm - 2amOdder Bar -
Friends in Common present Lucky Me
Eclair Fifi has an encyclopedic knowledge of italo, electro and hip hop and has a reputation as one of the best DJ's in the UK. Joe Respite is a producer....15 May 2010 9pm - 2amCommon -
Piccadilly Records presents...
Get on down to Piccadilly Records DJ's Abigail Ward and Steven Perry as they spin a blistering blend of lost pop classics, Northern Soul, vinyl house rarities and righteous rock...15 May 2010 9pm - 2amOdd Bar -
Haxan with Demdike Stare (Decks & FX) plus very special guests
Following sonic ley lines across radiophonic disco and film score techno and featuring Demdike Stare (DECKS & FX session) plus some very special guests....16 May 2010 4pm - 12amCommon -
Odders Mini Cine Picture Show
Showcasing new and original work from students, Odders Mini Cine Picture show is a monthly short film night. The event is a platform for anyone wishing to get their mini-movie...16 May 2010 8pm - 12amOdder Bar -
The Travelling Band present 'Shut the Far Cupboard'
An appearance from The Black Oil Brothers, over from Chicago to showcase their own breed of foot stomping blues. Also featuring the Travelling Band DJ’s and an open invite to...16 May 2010 8pm - 12amOdd Bar
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