FutureEverything

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FutureEverything 2012
»Art / Music / Ideas«
16.05. - 19.05.2012 / Manchester, England, UK

FutureEverything 2012 celebrated the participatory culture that is changing our world. The extraordinary possibilities of such connectivity were explored in the 2012 theme, FutureEverybody.

FutureEverything 2012 featured 52 artists, 45 musicians and 70 speakers across 11 venues over three main days with exhibitions and partner events extending over 3 weeks.

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ECAS supported events during the festival:
Conference17.05. - 18.05.2012
Date17.05.2012
ActionPanel: Mass Observation, chaired by Fiona Courage
Participants
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 57
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/conference-panel-mass-observation/


DescriptionA session on the Mass Observation Movement, exploring its relevance in today's new participatory culture
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionMoritz Stefaner: Weltbilder
ParticipantsMoritz Stefaner
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 57
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/moritz-stefaner/


DescriptionCelebrated European artist discusses how data visualisation allows us to map all kinds of worlds, from the physical to the social and personal
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionMass Observation presented by Theatre Jukebox
Participants
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 57
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/theatre-jukebox-stand-stare-collective/


DescriptionStand + Stare discuss their new artwork that uses material and inspiration from the Mass Observation Archive
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionSuperCritical Mass
ParticipantsJulian Day, Luke Jaaniste
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 58
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/super-critical-mass/


DescriptionJulian Day and Luke Jaaniste, the Australian sound artists behind Super Critical Mass, discuss their models for mass participation and collaboration within public spaces
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionPanel: Identity & Security, hosted by Dr. Ian Brown
ParticipantsDr. Ian Brown, William Heath, Jeremy Newman
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 58
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/conference-panel-identity-and-security/


DescriptionFeaturing Dr. Ian Brown ‘Staying Safe Between The 1s and 0s‘, William Heath, and Jeremy Newman ‘New Model Identity’
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionKeynote: César Hidalgo: Global Market Space
ParticipantsCésar Hidalgo
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 58
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/keynote-speaker-cesar-a-hidalgo/


DescriptionMIT MediaLab's rising star of economics, networks and data science discusses complexities of economic growth
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionAndrea Molino: Three Mile Island
ParticipantsAndrea Molino
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 58
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/andrea-molino/


DescriptionItalian composer and conductor Andrea Molino discusses the concept behind his unique Three Mile Island multimedia project
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionKeynote: Juha van’t Zelfde: The City and The City
ParticipantsKeynote Speaker: Juha van’t Zelfde
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 59
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/juha-vant-zelfde/


DescriptionVURB founder discusses the aspirations of democratic Smart Cities
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionKeynote: Birgitta Jónsdóttir
ParticipantsBirgitta Jónsdóttir
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 63
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/keynote-speaker-birgitta-jonsdottir/


DescriptionIcelandic MP, activist, spokesperson and internet pioneer discusses the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, crowd-sourcing and direct democracy
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionSanaz Raji: Social Media, Activism, and the Middle East
ParticipantsSanaz Raji
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 63
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/sanaz-raji/


DescriptionSocial Media, Activism, and the Middle East: From Iran's Green Movement to the Arab Spring
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionCatalyst: Citizens Transforming Society, Tools for Change
ParticipantsCatalyst: Juliana Rotich + Jon Whittle
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 63
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/juliana-rotich/


DescriptionFounder of Ushahidi, and one of the Guardian's Top 100 Women in Technology is guest speaker with Catalyst
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionPanel: The Space, including Tom Barker and presentation by artists Alison Craighead and John Thomson
ParticipantsAlison Craighead, John Thomson, Tom Barker
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 64
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/


DescriptionThe Space team discuss a new collaboration in digital art between ACE/BBC. Ed Vaizey MP, Tom Barker (John Peel Centre) and artist Peter Gregson are guest panelists.
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionKeynote: Bilal Randeree
ParticipantsBilal Randeree
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 64
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/


DescriptionSocial Media & Online Producer for Al Jazeera talks about the Arab Spring and Al Jazeera’s role in documenting those events
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionArtist Showcase: Lawrence Epps, Kasia Molga + Brendan Oliver and Helen Pritchard + Winnie Soon
ParticipantsLawrence Epps, Kasia Molga + Brendan Oliver and Helen Pritchard + Winnie Soon
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 64
Online References


Description
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionKeynote: Carlo Ratti: Future Cities
ParticipantsCarlo Ratti
LocationMuseum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 65
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/


DescriptionThe real-time city is now real! Carlo Ratti directs MIT Senseable City Lab and is at the forefront of global endeavour on future cities
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Project Commission: "fbFaces"16.05. - 19.05.2012
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionProject Commission: "fbFaces"
ParticipantsJonathan Pirnay & Jorn Roder
LocationFutureEverything Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 20
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/joern-roeder-jonathan-pirnay-fbfaces/


DescriptionfbFaces is a specially commissioned project by Joern Roeder and Jonathan Pirnay that explores issues of data accessibility on the internet, a topic that is gaining more importance — especially in our times of privacy protection and social networks.
 
Installations / Exhibitions – Art programme16.05. - 19.05.2012
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionExhibition: "Ant Ballet"
ParticipantsOllie Palmer
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 17
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/ollie-palmer-ant-ballet/
https://vimeo.com/45190804

DescriptionAnt Ballet is a six-year research project into control systems, paranoia and dancing insects.

The project is separated into four phases. Phase I (2010-2012) included thorough research into ants and control systems, synthesis of ant pheromones and testing of systems with live ants in Barcelona.

FutureEverything is displaying the documentation of Phase I, alongside a simulation of ant trails being disrupted by a model of the Ant Ballet Machine. Phases II-IV(2012-2015) will develop further technologies, chemicals and mechanisms. In 2013 the first public ant ballet performance will be presented at Festival Sao Paolo.
photosFlickr Gallery
Video Recording
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionInstallation: "The..."
ParticipantsKasia Molga & Brendan Oliver
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 24
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/kasia-molga-bredan-oliver-the/


Description“The…” is an interactive installation by Kasia Molga + Brendan Oliver that enables viewers to interact with ‘thoughts’ by casting their shadows on the wall of the gallery. The motion and body shape sensing Kinect Camera shows the shadows of viewers casted on the walls, engaging in interactive play with “thoughts” loaded from a live twitter feed.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionInstallation: "Jsut Code"
ParticipantsHelen Pritchard & Winnie Soon
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 19
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/helen-pritchard-winnie-soon-jsut-code/


DescriptionJsut Code is an installation where viewers are invited to decode electronic texts written by a collective of distributed writers. Statements on life and death are gathered in real-time, from the social media site twitter and displayed as geometric images.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionExhibition: "Refractive Index"
ParticipantsJamie Allen
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 21
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/jamie-allen-refractive-index/


DescriptionJamie Allen’s Refractive Index is a presentation of digital prints, video and sounds that responds to investigations into the reflective and refractive power of public media displays.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionVoices (performance-installation)
ParticipantsSuperCritical Mass (SCM)
LocationManchester Cathedral
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 11
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/supercritical-mass-voices/


DescriptionAustralian sound artists SuperCritical Mass (SCM) present two huge-scale immersive and meditative performance-installations, within which audiences can freely move about or sit and absorb.

The idea is that anyone and everyone can take part - the compositions are built around movement and space, rather than scores and notes - and the musicians of Manchester have been signed up to take part in a wonderful musical experience.

The musicians follow 'algorithms' - simple, memorisable instructions - telling them how and where to move around a public space, and what sounds to create as they move.

These algorithms are tuned to the place, the architecture, and the instruments, and adapted on-the-fly during the performer workshops.

Such simplicity of means that performers of various backgrounds, ages and skill levels can come together and create work of depth and nuance-from young performers to world-class professionals.

To develop the work, Supercritical Mass have visited Manchester for a two-week residency, featuring workshops and rehearsals and culminating in two spectacular public performances during FutureEverything:

1 . Friday 18 May; Voices sees a critical mass of singers in the magnificent setting of Manchester Cathedral.

2. Saturday 19 May; Fanfare sees a critical mass of brass players performing a 'flash mob' composition by the waterside at MediaCityUK as a part of the launch of the Cultural Olympiad.

photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date19.05.2012
ActionFanfare (performance-installation)
ParticipantsSuperCritical Mass (SCM)
LocationMediaCityUK, Salford Quays
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 11
Online References


DescriptionAustralian sound artists SuperCritical Mass (SCM) present two huge-scale immersive and meditative performance-installations, within which audiences can freely move about or sit and absorb.

The idea is that anyone and everyone can take part - the compositions are built around movement and space, rather than scores and notes - and the musicians of Manchester have been signed up to take part in a wonderful musical experience.

The musicians follow 'algorithms' - simple, memorisable instructions - telling them how and where to move around a public space, and what sounds to create as they move.

These algorithms are tuned to the place, the architecture, and the instruments, and adapted on-the-fly during the performer workshops.

Such simplicity of means that performers of various backgrounds, ages and skill levels can come together and create work of depth and nuance-from young performers to world-class professionals.

To develop the work, Supercritical Mass have visited Manchester for a two-week residency, featuring workshops and rehearsals and culminating in two spectacular public performances during FutureEverything:

1 . Friday 18 May; Voices sees a critical mass of singers in the magnificent setting of Manchester Cathedral.

2. Saturday 19 May; Fanfare sees a critical mass of brass players performing a 'flash mob' composition by the waterside at MediaCityUK as a part of the launch of the Cultural Olympiad.

photosFlickr Gallery
Video Recording
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionTheatre Jukebox presents Mass Observation
ParticipantsStand + Stare Collective
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 20
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/theatre-jukebox-mass-observation/


DescriptionTheatre Jukebox presents Mass Observation uses material and inspiration from the Mass Observation Archive, which documented everyday life in Britain from 1937 to the early 1950s, and continuously since 1981.

On the 75th Anniversary of the Mass Observation movement, this new work explores how universal truths and our national identity are sometimes best revealed through the mundane and the particular. It is presented on a new digital canvas developed canvas by Stand + Stare Collective (Lucy and Barney Heywood).
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionfbFaces
ParticipantsJoern Roeder + Jonathan Pirnay
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 20
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/joern-roeder-jonathan-pirnay-fbfaces/


DescriptionfbFaces is a specially commissioned project by Joern Roeder and Jonathan Pirnay that explores issues of data accessibility on the internet, a topic that is gaining more importance — especially in our times of privacy protection and social networks.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionMaelstrom
ParticipantsDaniel Jones + James Bulley
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 21
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/daniel-jones-james-bulley-maelstrom/


Description
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date16.05. - 19.05.2012
ActionNotabilia
ParticipantsMoritz Stefaner, Dario Taraborelli, Luca Ciampaglia
LocationFutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester.
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 23
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/moritz-stefaner-dario-taraborelli-luca-ciampaglia-notabilia/


DescriptionNotabilia investigates the nature and shape of collective decisions about the inclusion of a topic in Wikipedia. Each deletion discussion is represented by a thread starting at a shared root node, with it curvature and coloring representing the sequence of "keep" and "delete" votes during the discussion. The work combines hard analytic analysis of the phenomena around consensus finding in ad hoc communities with a allegorical treatment of the topic, to foster serendipitous exploration of the domain.

Moritz Stefaner works as a "truth and beauty operator" on the crossroads of data visualization, information aesthetics and user interface design. Dr. Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia is a young raearcher whose scientific interests are online collective behavior, social production, and social information processing. Dario Taraborelli is a social computing researcher based in San Francisco. where he works as the Senior Research Analyst for the Wikimedia Foundation Strategy Team.

Dario Taraborelli is a researcher in social computing based in San Francisco, where he works as the Senior Raearch Analyst for the Wikimedia Foundation Strategy Team.

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia is a Ph.D. candidate in lnfomratics at Universita della Svizzera ltaliana and researches user participation and peer-production systems (such as Wikipedia).

photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date19.05.2012 - 10am-5pm
ActionHandmade at Victoria Baths
ParticipantsAndrew Back, Hacking the Body, Jim McArthur, Laura Jane Blake, HAC:Manchester, Hanna Nielsen, Stuart Childs & Full Circle Arts, Lucinda Hankin, Noisy Toys, Mike Cook, Kaky, Torn Norwood: Wall of Art, Lucy Crowder, Knitter Feed, Open Design Research Group, Stuart Dunbar, Lynne MacLachlan, Uniform, Lawrence Epps, Caroline White, Matthew Venn, Ed Carter & the Owl Project w/Stephan Thiel and Moritz Stefaner, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Elliot White, Manchester Jewellers Network
LocationVictoria Baths, Hathersage Rd., Manchester M13 0FE
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 25ff
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/handmade/
http://futureeverything.org/handmade/

DescriptionHandmade - The new maker culture. Handmade is a FutureEverything festival strand introduced in 2011.

A new maker community is emerging, connecting the culture of traditional skills and materials with modern-day digital production, distribution and interaction techniques.

Handmade brings the intersection of craft and digital culture to life, in one of Manchester's prime heritage locations.

Victoria Baths co-hosts a day of contemporary craft, digital hacking, interactivities and DIY culture. This is an all-new forum for Crafters, Hackers and Digital Innovators to share ideas and practice, led by some of the UK's leading digital crafters. Handmade showcases a variety of artists and invites the public to play with their digital manufacturing equipment and create something they can take away with them.

Artists working in the areas of craft and digital technology display their work in an interactive craft fair designed to encourage visitors to create their own DIY artworks.
photosFlickr Gallery (19 Photos)
 
Performances16.05. - 18.05.2012
Date18.05.2012
ActionPerformance DJ Cheeba (Solid Steel A/V Set)
ParticipantsDJ Cheeba
LocationVENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 41
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/dj-cheeba-solid-steel-av-set/


DescriptionBristol’s DJ Cheeba is the sight and sound of Solid Steel’s new school. Always on top of emerging software, he is at the forefront of the new breed of DJs presenting audio and visuals through turntables. Mixing, scratching, cutting and remixing sounds (and pictures) in true hip hop style.
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionPerformance: Support for Dieter Moebius, performing a live score to Fritz Lang’s 1927 German Expressionist film Metropolis
ParticipantsPolinski
LocationSt Philip’s Church, Wilton Place, Salford, Manchester M3 6FJ
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 38
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/dieter-moebius-polinski/


DescriptionAfter releasing Labyrinths (his critically-acclaimed debut album) last year and following live shows across the UK, Europe, Russia and Japan, Paul Wolinski aka Polinski returns to his home town of Manchester for his debut A/V show.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date18.05.2012
ActionPerformance: "One Pig"
ParticipantsMatthew Herbert
LocationRoyal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 43
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/news/matthew-herbert-one-pig/


DescriptionFutureEverything confirm Matthew Herbert’s spectacular One Pig show, a performance that follows the life of a pig from birth to dinner plate.
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionPerformance: "Mass Observation"
ParticipantsTheatre Jukebox
LocationMuseum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Rd, Castlefield, Manchester
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
Print
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/theatre-jukebox-stand-stare-collective/


DescriptionTheatre Jukebox is an arcade-style cabinet that plays stories instead of records and allows you to choose the chapters you want.
 
Date16.05.2012
ActionPerformance (presented with MUTEK)
ParticipantsDeadbeat
LocationVENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 38
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/futureeverything-opening-party/


DescriptionFutureEverything + MUTEK in association with Mind on Fire present the FutureEverything Opening Party on Weds 16 May with exclusive LIVE sets from Deadbeat + Andy Stott at Islington Mill. They are supported by Mind on Fire DJs and a rare set from Szare (Horizontal Ground/Idle Hands).
photosFlickr Gallery
 
Date17.05.2012
ActionPerformance: Tri-Angle Showcase
ParticipantsEvian Christ, Holy Other
LocationVENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford
Sponsoring PartnersFutureEverything
PrintFE2012 Brochure, pg. 39
Online References http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/triangle-records-holy-other-the-haxan-cloak/


DescriptionFutureEverything in association with Faktion present Tri-Angle Records’ Northern debut with Evian Christ + Holy Other + The Haxan Cloak (DJ set)+ Vessel + special guests to be confirmed.
photosFlickr Gallery
 


The FutureEverything 2012 theme

FutureEverything 2012 celebrates the participatory culture that is changing our world. The extraordinary possibilities of such connectivity are explored in the 2012 theme, FutureEverybody.

Technology has profoundly changed the ways people connect, work and play. People can collaborate with tens or thousands of strangers across networks to create original, sometimes beautiful media objects in which the results of individual creativity can be seen. Or participate in social revolutions, using new technologies that enable their voice to be heard, their point of view appreciated.

Artists, designers, and programme makers are creating new kinds of participatory experience. Public media and information, and personal data trails, can be accessed to create new kinds of entertainment and art. Increasing numbers of creative projects are based in many people finding things, and creating something new from the things they find. New forms of art, and of artist, are beginning to emerge.

Mobile networks enable swift and spontaneous collaboration across loosely connected groups. Widespread web connectivity allows co-production at a massive scale where large projects are completed by the public in thousands of bite-size tasks. Citizens can control and shape their own data and media.

The festival presents the people who are changing our world, the future-thinkers, and works of art that are critical, humorous and also optimistic about these media, and about the future in which they will pay a large part.

Culture today is characterised by many micro-communities formed around an interest, artform or technology. The nodes and networks of digital culture - festivals included - can connect, bridge, scale up sectors and media, and enable citizen innovation.

The FutureEverybody theme is prompted by 2012's celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Mass Observation Movement and the UN International Year of Co-operatives, and is a part of the programme of the Creative Exchange knowledge hub and the ECAS festivals network.

Curated by Drew Hemment and Charlie Gere. The theme of the FutureEverything 2013 festival is Digital Public Space.

Src: FE 2012 Brochure

FutureEverybody

FutureEverything 2012 looks at the participatory culture that is changing our world. We see profound changes in the digital and creative sector, as well as in society at large. The extraordinary possibilities of such connectivity are explored in the 2012 theme, FutureEverybody.

Exploring the interface between technology, society and culture, the internationally acclaimed FutureEverything Conference is the crucible that allows artists, technologists and future-thinkers to share, innovate and interact.

Our cities, museums, football, religion, are all being transformed. Mobile networks enable swift and spontaneous collaboration across loosely connected groups. Public media and information, and personal data trails, can be accessed to create new kinds of entertainment and art. Widespread web connectivity allows citizens to participate across networks in social revolution.

FutureEverybody celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mass Observation Movement and the UN International Year of Co-operatives, presented with a unique contemporary twist by artists and designers working in these new media, and is a part of The Creative Exchange.

Drew Hemment
Director, FutureEverything

2012

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