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.
> 2012 Theme
> Conference Introduction
ECAS supported events during the festival:
Conference17.05. - 18.05.2012
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Panel: Mass Observation, chaired by Fiona Courage |
Participants | |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 57 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/conference-panel-mass-observation/ |
Description | A session on the Mass Observation Movement, exploring its relevance in today's new participatory culture |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Moritz Stefaner: Weltbilder |
Participants | Moritz Stefaner |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 57 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/moritz-stefaner/ |
Description | Celebrated European artist discusses how data visualisation allows us to map all kinds of worlds, from the physical to the social and personal |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Mass Observation presented by Theatre Jukebox |
Participants | |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 57 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/theatre-jukebox-stand-stare-collective/ |
Description | Stand + Stare discuss their new artwork that uses material and inspiration from the Mass Observation Archive |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | SuperCritical Mass |
Participants | Julian Day, Luke Jaaniste |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 58 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/super-critical-mass/ |
Description | Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste, the Australian sound artists behind Super Critical Mass, discuss their models for mass participation and collaboration within public spaces |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Panel: Identity & Security, hosted by Dr. Ian Brown |
Participants | Dr. Ian Brown, William Heath, Jeremy Newman |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 58 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/conference-panel-identity-and-security/ |
Description | Featuring Dr. Ian Brown ‘Staying Safe Between The 1s and 0s‘, William Heath, and Jeremy Newman ‘New Model Identity’ |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Keynote: César Hidalgo: Global Market Space |
Participants | César Hidalgo |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 58 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/keynote-speaker-cesar-a-hidalgo/ |
Description | MIT MediaLab's rising star of economics, networks and data science discusses complexities of economic growth |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Andrea Molino: Three Mile Island |
Participants | Andrea Molino |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 58 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/andrea-molino/ |
Description | Italian composer and conductor Andrea Molino discusses the concept behind his unique Three Mile Island multimedia project |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Keynote: Juha van’t Zelfde: The City and The City |
Participants | Keynote Speaker: Juha van’t Zelfde |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 59 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/juha-vant-zelfde/ |
Description | VURB founder discusses the aspirations of democratic Smart Cities |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Keynote: Birgitta Jónsdóttir |
Participants | Birgitta Jónsdóttir |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 63 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/keynote-speaker-birgitta-jonsdottir/ |
Description | Icelandic MP, activist, spokesperson and internet pioneer discusses the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, crowd-sourcing and direct democracy |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Sanaz Raji: Social Media, Activism, and the Middle East |
Participants | Sanaz Raji |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 63 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/sanaz-raji/ |
Description | Social Media, Activism, and the Middle East: From Iran's Green Movement to the Arab Spring |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Catalyst: Citizens Transforming Society, Tools for Change |
Participants | Catalyst: Juliana Rotich + Jon Whittle |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 63 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/juliana-rotich/ |
Description | Founder of Ushahidi, and one of the Guardian's Top 100 Women in Technology is guest speaker with Catalyst |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Panel: The Space, including Tom Barker and presentation by artists Alison Craighead and John Thomson |
Participants | Alison Craighead, John Thomson, Tom Barker |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 64 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/ |
Description | The 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. |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Keynote: Bilal Randeree |
Participants | Bilal Randeree |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 64 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/ |
Description | Social Media & Online Producer for Al Jazeera talks about the Arab Spring and Al Jazeera’s role in documenting those events |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Artist Showcase: Lawrence Epps, Kasia Molga + Brendan Oliver and Helen Pritchard + Winnie Soon |
Participants | Lawrence Epps, Kasia Molga + Brendan Oliver and Helen Pritchard + Winnie Soon |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 64 | |
Online References |
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Description | |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Keynote: Carlo Ratti: Future Cities |
Participants | Carlo Ratti |
Location | Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Liverpool Rd. Castlefield, M3 4FP |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 65 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/ |
Description | The real-time city is now real! Carlo Ratti directs MIT Senseable City Lab and is at the forefront of global endeavour on future cities |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Project Commission: "fbFaces"16.05. - 19.05.2012
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Project Commission: "fbFaces" |
Participants | Jonathan Pirnay & Jorn Roder |
Location | FutureEverything Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 20 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/joern-roeder-jonathan-pirnay-fbfaces/ |
Description | fbFaces 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
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Exhibition: "Ant Ballet" |
Participants | Ollie Palmer |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 17 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/ollie-palmer-ant-ballet/ https://vimeo.com/45190804 |
Description | Ant 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Video Recording | |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Installation: "The..." |
Participants | Kasia Molga & Brendan Oliver |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Installation: "Jsut Code" |
Participants | Helen Pritchard & Winnie Soon |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 19 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/helen-pritchard-winnie-soon-jsut-code/ |
Description | Jsut 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Exhibition: "Refractive Index" |
Participants | Jamie Allen |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 21 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/jamie-allen-refractive-index/ |
Description | Jamie 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Voices (performance-installation) |
Participants | SuperCritical Mass (SCM) |
Location | Manchester Cathedral |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 11 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/supercritical-mass-voices/ |
Description | Australian 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 19.05.2012 |
Action | Fanfare (performance-installation) |
Participants | SuperCritical Mass (SCM) |
Location | MediaCityUK, Salford Quays |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 11 | |
Online References |
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Description | Australian 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Video Recording | |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Theatre Jukebox presents Mass Observation |
Participants | Stand + Stare Collective |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 20 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/theatre-jukebox-mass-observation/ |
Description | Theatre 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). |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | fbFaces |
Participants | Joern Roeder + Jonathan Pirnay |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 20 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/joern-roeder-jonathan-pirnay-fbfaces/ |
Description | fbFaces 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Maelstrom |
Participants | Daniel Jones + James Bulley |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 21 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/daniel-jones-james-bulley-maelstrom/ |
Description | |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 16.05. - 19.05.2012 |
Action | Notabilia |
Participants | Moritz Stefaner, Dario Taraborelli, Luca Ciampaglia |
Location | FutureEverybody Art Exhibition, 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester. |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 23 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/art/moritz-stefaner-dario-taraborelli-luca-ciampaglia-notabilia/ |
Description | Notabilia 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). |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 19.05.2012 - 10am-5pm |
Action | Handmade at Victoria Baths |
Participants | Andrew 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 |
Location | Victoria Baths, Hathersage Rd., Manchester M13 0FE |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 25ff | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/handmade/ http://futureeverything.org/handmade/ |
Description | Handmade - 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery (19 Photos) |
Performances16.05. - 18.05.2012
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Performance DJ Cheeba (Solid Steel A/V Set) |
Participants | DJ Cheeba |
Location | VENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 41 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/dj-cheeba-solid-steel-av-set/ |
Description | Bristol’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. |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Performance: Support for Dieter Moebius, performing a live score to Fritz Lang’s 1927 German Expressionist film Metropolis |
Participants | Polinski |
Location | St Philip’s Church, Wilton Place, Salford, Manchester M3 6FJ |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 38 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/dieter-moebius-polinski/ |
Description | After 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 18.05.2012 |
Action | Performance: "One Pig" |
Participants | Matthew Herbert |
Location | Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 43 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/news/matthew-herbert-one-pig/ |
Description | FutureEverything confirm Matthew Herbert’s spectacular One Pig show, a performance that follows the life of a pig from birth to dinner plate. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Performance: "Mass Observation" |
Participants | Theatre Jukebox |
Location | Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Rd, Castlefield, Manchester |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/conference/theatre-jukebox-stand-stare-collective/ |
Description | Theatre Jukebox is an arcade-style cabinet that plays stories instead of records and allows you to choose the chapters you want. |
Date | 16.05.2012 |
Action | Performance (presented with MUTEK) |
Participants | Deadbeat |
Location | VENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 38 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/futureeverything-opening-party/ |
Description | FutureEverything + 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). |
photos | Flickr Gallery |
Date | 17.05.2012 |
Action | Performance: Tri-Angle Showcase |
Participants | Evian Christ, Holy Other |
Location | VENUE: Islington Mill, James Street, Salford |
Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
FE2012 Brochure, pg. 39 | |
Online References |
http://2012.futureeverything.org/music/triangle-records-holy-other-the-haxan-cloak/ |
Description | FutureEverything 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. |
photos | Flickr Gallery |