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GloNet Film Released

GloNet at FutureEverything 2010 was a prototype for a new kind of globally networked event, shifting FutureEverything from a single city festival to one taking place simultaneously at venues around the globe. Innovation was at the heart of FutureEverything 2010 as five cities around the world connected live with the festival and conference.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Community Is King - Smart Cities

The Guardian recently profiled FutureEverything on the cover of its two IBM sponsored Smarter Cities supplements. The Guardian commissioned a text by FutureEverything's director Drew Hemment and highlighted the work been done by FutureEverything to position Manchester at "the forefront of smart-city thinking".... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Showcase Open Call - Now Open

The FutureEverything Showcase is a program of independently run art and music events across the city, presenting new and groundbreaking talent and giving the opportunity for more people to participate in the festival.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Award Jury Now Shortlisting

Submitted entries have been passed to the International Jury who will select the three outstanding projects that will fight it out for the 2011 prize. The Winner will be decided by an open vote by the FutureEverything Community in 2011. The Jury in 2011 is Bruce Sterling (US), Yukiko Shikata (JP) and Jeremy Myerson (UK).... Read more

20 Dec 2010
FutureEverything Conference

12-13 May 2011 sees the return of the internationally acclaimed FutureEverything Conference.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Warpaint to play FutureEverything 2011

FutureEverything's renowned music programme brings pioneering acts from across the world to the heart of Manchester.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Future art of a smart city

2011's art programme will engage all of the senses and bring the best in digitally inspired creativity to Manchester.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
Festival Passes now on sale

Festival Passes are now available for FutureEverything 2011 — the globally celebrated, award winning festival which has "put Manchester at the forefront of smart-city thinking" (Guardian). Save 1/3rd on festival pass prices until 28th February 2011.... Read more

20 Dec 2010
FutureEverything Presents Manchester Camerata and ArtCollider at the Manchester Weekender

Manchester Camerata and FutureEverything team up to present Camerata’s principal cellist, Hannah Roberts, who is widely recognised as 'one of the most outstanding cellists of her generation', and sound artist Andrew Deakin in a live collaborative performance.... Read more

21 Sep 2010
Open Call for Art Proposals Deadline: 24 October 2010

The call is now open for submissions to the art programme of the FutureEverything 2011 festival in Manchester, England, on 11-14 May 2011.... Read more

20 Sep 2010
Open Call for Conference Submissions. Deadline: 24 October 2010

The FutureEverything conference invites proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and sessions that relate to and expand the themes listed below. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and experimentation are encouraged.... Read more

20 Sep 2010
FutureEverything at Media Festival Arts

FutureEverything presented a Lounge, Panel, Artwork and Online Forum at Media Festival Arts, 8-10 September, Roundhouse London.... Read more

13 Sep 2010
ECAS - Networking Tomorrow's Art For An Unknown Future

ECAS is a new European festivals network supported by the European Union within the CULTURE PROGRAMME (2007-2013) which strives to create collaborative partnership between the international festivals.... Read more

31 Aug 2010
Call for Papers - Environment 2.0 (Leonardo)

Leonardo calls for papers documenting cross-disciplinary thinking on participatory observation and mapping of the environment, climate and biodiversity; environmental data systems and services; and environmental sustainability in a networked society.... Read more

27 Aug 2010
Conference Programme Project Manager

FutureEverything is looking for an experienced and creative Conference Programme Project Manager to work with the Director in delivering a coherent, dynamic, commercially viable and ground breaking programme.... Read more

17 Aug 2010
Festival Producer

FutureEverything is looking for an experienced, dynamic Festival Producer for FutureEverything 2011 global festival of art, music & ideas and related commissions and projects.... Read more

03 Aug 2010
Marketing & Communication Manager

FutureEverything is looking for a dynamic, experienced and creative communications professional, with significant achievements across the cultural and or/corporate sector.... Read more

17 Aug 2010
Music Programme Project Manager

FutureEverything has been at the cutting-edge of electronic music for 15 years. We are looking for an individual who can deliver a coherent, dynamic, commercially viable and ground breaking programme of music projects for the festival as well as co-ordinate and manage our role in an international festivals network funded by EU Culture 2007.... Read more

03 Aug 2010
UK first: Manchester catches the Open Data bus

The opening up of Manchester’s bus timetable data follows two months of negotiations between FutureEverything’s Julian Tait and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) with the support of Manchester Knowledge Capital.... Read more

03 Aug 2010
New Mobilities at Eyebeam and NextFab Studio

New Mobilities at Eyebeam (New York) and NextFab (Philadelphia) - New Mobilities is a theme of FutureEverything 2011, this week Drew Hemment will be presenting an Eyebeam ReBlog and a talk/workshop at NextFab Studio.... Read more

13 Jul 2010
Drew Hemment keynote at Metropolis Laboratory

Drew Hemment will give a keynote presentation at Metropolis Laboratory in Copenhagen on Mon 28 June looking at how FutureEverything transforms the city of Manchester into a living lab or play space.... Read more

26 Jun 2010
Entries open for Lever Prize 2011

Cultural organisations in England's Northwest can apply now to the prestigious Lever Prize 2011. It comprises a £10,000 cash prize, a distinctive trophy created by a North West artist and an invitation to collaborate with major companies. FutureEverything was the winner of the Lever Prize 2010. Closing date: 30th June 2010... Read more

22 Jun 2010
Art in the age of pervasive data - Deadline extended

You are invited to submit articles and artworks for a new issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac edited by FutureEverything. This is a dedicated edition of the leading online journal exploring the FutureEverything 2010 themes of the city and open data. Deadline extended to 10 September 2010... Read more

18 Jun 2010
FutureEverything 2010 Blogs

Artists, speakers and delegates of FutureEverything 2010 contributed to the FutureEverything blog. Read insights from Adam Greenfield, Aaron Koblin and the excellent day by day Axis blogger here... Read more

18 Jun 2010
Official photos of FutureEverything 2010

The official photos of this year's festival are now up on flickr for you to view. Jan Dixon & Emily Dixon, collectively known as TAPE, did an excellent job of photographing the various events that made up FutureEverything 2010 and you can see more of their work at their website www.WeAreTAPE.com... Read more

17 Jun 2010
Digital & Creative Futures

Featuring keynote speakers, a mini-gig of epic disproportion and a one-hour, highly focused unconference, FutureEverything, in partnership with Vision+Media, present a unique and engaging event exploring the opportunities of collaboration and innovation.... Read more

17 Jun 2010
Art and Media podcasts now available at the Axis website

For those of you who are not already aware of the special FutureEverything edition of the Dialogue webzine which is produced by Axis you can still read it here.... Read more

14 Jun 2010
Sosolimited Video

Check out the full video of the Prime Numerics event here.... Read more

10 Jun 2010
Dates for FutureEverything 2011 announced

Save the date! Next year's FutureEverything Festival of Art, Music & Ideas will take place on 11-14 May 2011. Look out for details of the early bird Delegate rate coming soon.... Read more

09 Jun 2010
Digital & Creative Futures

Vision+Media and FutureEverything present a cross sector event exploring important trends in the digital and creative industries. Following on from The City Debate it will explore the vision for the Northwest region and its opportunities on the global stage.... Read more

08 Jun 2010
Agents of Change 0.3

Agents of Change venue reveled!! Agents of Change have been working up at the amazing Sharp Project this week, creating a fantastic large scale piece.... Read more

15 May 2010
ExperienceEverything

ExperienceEverything is now live. Visit the new ExperienceEverything web pages here and get exploring... Read more

12 May 2010
Volunteer Meeting

There will a meeting on Tuesday 13th April for everyone who would like to find out more about how to get involved with this year's FutureEverything Festival.... Read more

08 Apr 2010
Prime Numerics Pictures

New pictures up on the FutureEverything Flickr page from last nights Prime Numerics - Sosolimited event at the People's History Museum... Read more

30 Apr 2010
Big Chip Award Nomination

We are delighted to announce that FutureEverything is nominated for the Big Chip Award for Innovation 2010 The award is open to any project from anywhere in the world and criteria for nominated projects include the "demonstration of exceptional innovation in digital media or digital technology".... Read more

23 Apr 2010
New FutureEverything Flickr Page

The new FutureEverything flickr page is now up and running featuring photos by Jan Dixon and Emily Dixon collectively known as TAPE.... Read more

23 Apr 2010
Conference Programme Announced

A destination for a world-wide community of inspirational people, an engaging, entertaining and essential event to attend.... Read more

14 Apr 2010
Music Programme Announced

A celebration of musical pioneers, raw talent and those who perform on the cutting-edge, featuring world-class live performances and including collaborations with some of the UK's leading music organisations... Read more

29 Mar 2010
The City Debate

A TV studio style debate exploring the future of Manchester, at a time when it is the biggest experiment in Europe in creating a future city. Linked events and workshops will help people to creatively explore what the future of the city holds in store for them.... Read more

25 Mar 2010
Fab Lab Art Challenge - Call for Interest

FutureEverything in partnership with the UK’s first Fab Lab invite creatives to express their interest in the Fab Lab Challenge. The challenge is for 18 selected artists to produce individual pieces of work in the Fab Lab over the duration of the FutureEverything festival in May 2010.... Read more

25 Mar 2010
FutureEverything Award 2010 Winner Announced

The EyeWriter has won the first FutureEverything Award.... Read more

12 Mar 2010
Art in the age of pervasive data

Inviting submissions of articles and artworks for a new issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac edited by FutureEverything. This is a dedicated edition of this leading online journal exploring the FutureEverything 2010 themes of the city and open data. Deadline - 1 June 2010... Read more

19 Feb 2010
Vote Now for FutureEverything Award

You may now vote to decide the Winner if you are a member of the FutureEverything Community.... Read more

17 Feb 2010
Final 3 Candidates for FutureEverything Award Announced

The three outstanding projects in the final shortlist for the FutureEverything Award have been announced.... Read more

17 Feb 2010
FutureEverything Nominated for Arts & Business Award

The partnership between FutureEverything and Lancaster University has been shortlisted for The Arts & Business Cultural Branding Award 2010... Read more

17 Feb 2010
Nominations for FutureEverything Award Announced

We have been delighted with the high calibre and diversity of artist submissions and nominated projects for the debut FutureEverything Award.... Read more

27 Jan 2010
FutureEverything Showcase Meeting

A chance to meet the festival team, talk through your ideas and to hear more about our plans for the 2010 Showcase.... Read more

26 Jan 2010
GloNet - Globally Networked Event

We have created a new type of global event, a Globally Networked Event (GloNet), taking FutureEverything to new corners of the globe and reducing air travel.... Read more

26 Jan 2010
FutureEverything wins Lever Prize

We are delighted to announce that FutureEverything is Winner of the Lever Prize 2010, one of the UK's most prestigious awards.... Read more

05 Jan 2010
Manchester Open Data City

FutureEverything is leading the charge to make Manchester an Open Data City. We are championing a global movement calling for the opening up of publicly held datasets.... Read more

08 Jan 2010
Early Bird Discount Tickets

Festival Passes are now available at 33% off the standard rate - this special advance offer is available till 31st January 2010.... Read more

26 Nov 2009
Awards, Call For Submissions and 2010 Themes

You are now invited to nominate work for the FutureEverything Awards, or submit your own work to be included in the FutureEverything 2010 Festival and Conference.... Read more

26 Nov 2009
Environment 2.0 Artist Talks at LICA

Join the artists Heather Ackroyd of duo Ackroyd & Harvey and Helen Evans of Paris-based HeHe in a discussion of their work in the Environment 2.0 art exhibition.... Read more

06 Oct 2009
FutureEverything at PICNIC

FutureEverything is collaborating to host a EcoMap Lab at PICNIC09, and FutureEverything's Director, Drew Hemment, has been invited to present a main stage talk.... Read more

08 Sep 2009
The FutureEverything Award - Bringing the future into the present

FutureEverything is pleased to announce the establishment of The FutureEverything Award. The FutureEverything Award recognises outstanding achievement for innovation in the arts, music, society and technology. It celebrates creative projects in any medium which offer a new and unique way to experience or see the world and help to bring the future into the present.... Read more

25 Aug 2009
FutureEverything Launch Event: ZU I KONG I Now Wave DJ's I WotGodForgot DJ's

The Music Launch for the FutureEverything 2010 festival features ZU & Kong live at Islington Mill... Read more

25 Aug 2009
FutureEverything Launch Event: Environment 2.0 Exhibition at LICA

The Art Launch for the FutureEverything 2010 festival is the Environment 2.0 art exhibition by FutureEverything at LICA... Read more

25 Aug 2009
FutureEverything Launch Event: TEDxManchester

The Conference Launch for the FutureEverything 2010 festival and Social Technologies Summit is TEDxManchester... Read more

25 Aug 2009
FutureEverything Launch Event: EVNTS Network Meeting: 03/11/09

The EVNTS Launch for the FutureEverything 2010 festival an EVNTS Network Meeting at Band on the Wall, Tuesday 3rd November 2009.... Read more

25 Aug 2009
Big Bang Launch Events

FutureEverything will be launching a series of big bang events throughout the Autumn leading up to the inaugural FutureEverything festival in May 2010.... Read more

24 Aug 2009
Taking the stage at ISEA2009, Ars Electronica & Picnic

Drew Hemment, the Director of FutureEverything, has been invited to speak at three prestigious international events during August and September.... Read more

24 Aug 2009
TEDxRegentsPark

FutureEverything's Artistic Director and founder Drew Hemment is speaking at a TEDx event in Regents Park, London on Thurs 30 July 2009.... Read more

29 Jul 2009
FutureEverything in Berlin

FutureEverything is participating in a number of events in Berlin in July. An Upgrade! Berlin event on 27 July follows a Transmediale workshop, and a discussion on Environment 2.0 by Kulturstiftung des Bundes, the German Federal Cultural Foundation.... Read more

18 Jul 2009
Contemporary Art Manchester presents Trade City

FutureEverything is a part of a new consortium of contemporary visual arts organisations called Contemporary Art Manchester (CAM). Contemporary Art Manchester is presenting its inaugural exhibition in association with Manchester International Festival 2009.... Read more

03 Jul 2009

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