FutureEverything 2011
»Art / Music / Ideas«11.05. - 14.05.2011 / Manchester, England, UK
FutureEverything celebrates the best in contemporary art and discovers what’s coming next in creative new media, present world premieres, urban interventions, and digital crafts. In 2011 the festival took over 4 Piccadilly Place, the location of the FutureEverything Art Hub, Conference and Workshops.
Conference
The FutureEverything Conference took place on 12th and 13th May at Four Piccadilly Place, situated right in the heart of Manchester city centre. The conference was one of the leading UK events that focused on the latest developments in creative and digital technologies.Ideas to be discussed over the course of the event included emotional computing, integration of digital culture within urban environments, future mobilities and open data. With questions such as ‘how is journalism shaping and being shaped by open data?’ and ‘what does collaborative media offer for communities?’ being debated.
ECAS – Festival As Lab
FutureEverything transformed the festival into a lab where we could experiment and play with future art and ideas. Living lab projects engage festival audiences in innovativeforms of participatory art, and explore new ways to share information.A FutureEverything innovation, the Festival As Lab theme has already been adopted by festivals around the world including CTM (Berlin), CYNETART (Dresden), New Forms (Vancouver) and MUTEK (Brussels).
ECAS supported events during the festival:
Conference12.05. - 13.05.2011
| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "Hacking Culture" |
| Participants | Katy Beale, Rachel Coldicutt, Dan Williams |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 17 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/hacking-culture/ |
| Description | Developers, cultural organisations and creative producers talk about how and where culture meets data. They consider new ways of working, large-scale collaboration and what it means to innovate creatively. |
| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "Post Craft" |
| Participants | James Boardwell, Michael Eden and Sally Fort |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 17 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/post-craft/ |
| Description | In an increasingly post-digital world people are rediscovering the satisfaction of creating a tangible product, the process of making, the lessons from making by hand. This session brings together four people working at the edge of craft to look at what craft can learn from digital behaviours. |
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| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "And To Those Left Behind" |
| Participants | Bill Thompson, Technology Writer, BBC |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 18 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/final-keynote/ |
| Description | As human transactions are increasingly mediated in digital form, what becomes of those who lack access or literacy to participate? Bill provides a unique coda to FutureEverything 201 1 , reflecting on conference themes as well as his own perspectives on areas of the future that hold promise. |
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| Date | 12.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "We Are Not Alone: Embrace Your Alter Egos" |
| Participants | David Bausola |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 14 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/identity-and-natural-persons/ |
| Description | Philter Phactory explore the post-user internet, and introduce Weavrs as your software-based Alter Egos for the Social Web. |
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| Date | 12.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "Linked Data/Linked Stories" |
| Participants | Sarah Hartley, Paul Bradshaw, Martin Belam, Chris Taggart and David Higgerson |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 15 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/sessions/open-data-journalism/ |
| Description | Data is becoming more accessible every day. Our panel discusses future possibilities of data journalism, including algorithm-derived investigations, the role of publishers and the data skills modern journalists need to tell stories and get to the kernel of the subject. |
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| Date | 12.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "The Internet Of Things That No Longer Exist" |
| Participants | Chris Speed, Reader In Digital Spaces, Edinburgh College Of Art |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 14 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/internet-of-things/ |
| Description | The "internet of things", refers to a 24/7 form of computing in which every device is connected in some way to the internet. However, many versions of this notion rely upon one significant premise: that the thing remains in existence. Dr Chris Speed forecasts a near future where the digital "ghosts" of things have the potential to live on within the networked society-searchable against any other data from the past, present or future. |
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| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "Emotional Computing" |
| Participants | Toby Barnes and Ben Bashford |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 17 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/emotional-computing/ |
| Description | Smart products and interactive screens now display human characteristics and almost lifelike behaviour. This session considers how the 'uncanny valley' of human mimicry can be avoided and whether products can display human traits in engaging ways. |
| Date | 12.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture (keynote), "Where The Robots Work" |
| Participants | James Bridle |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 15 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/where-the-robots-work/ |
| Description | For centuries we've built our cities around ourselves, and our needs. As our prosthetics have advanced, they've shifted according to the needs of automobiles and electricity, but we have remained at the centre. Now, the city is reconfiguring itself around the network in subtle and intriguing ways. |
| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | FutureMusicLab |
| Participants | Dialogue |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 3 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 18 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/futuremusiclab-dialogue/ |
| Description | Dialogue is a collective of artists working in various disciplines stemming from the sonic arts. The collective's output acts as a source of music and media content for Future Music Lab. |
| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, "We Are Forests" |
| Participants | Duncan Speakerman, Èmilie Grenier |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Room 1 |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FE2011 Brochure, pg. 17 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/conference-3/we-are-forests/ |
| Description | Can we rethink mobile devices to broadcast like Twitter and Facebook, but using the human voice? Grenier and Speakman describe their 'We Are Forests' project and the experience of working across multiple European locations, organisations and cultures. weareforests.com |
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Gang Gang Dance11.05.2011
| Date | 11.05.2011 |
| Action | concert Gang Gang Dance |
| Participants | Gang Gang Dance |
| Location | Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| Festival brochure, pg. 22 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/music/gang-gang-dance/ |
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Lecture, Workshop: FutureMusicLab13.05.2011
| Date | 13.05.2011 |
| Action | Lecture, Workshop: FutureMusicLab |
| Participants | FML - FutureMusic Lab: Andre KtoriI, Aidan Taylor, Matt Jackson, Rich Hemming, Alex McHattie, Ben White, Jamie Thomas, Tim Land |
| Location | Four Piccadilly Place, Manchester, UK |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| festival brochure, pg. 18 | |
| Online References |
http://www.futuremusiclab.com/events/flm-future-everything/ |
| Description | FutureMusicLab is a network of artists, developers, entrepreneurs and research students based within the Newport School of Art, Media and Design at the University of Wales Newport. FML hosts applied research projects, creative labs and new music events that focus on interactive music within the emerging digital ecology. The Lab specialises in convergent media, digital tool developments, interface design, and new music and media content. |
| photos | Flickr Gallery |
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Warpaint: Concert14.05.2011
| Date | 14.05.2011 |
| Action | Warpaint: Concert |
| Participants | Warpaint |
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| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything> |
| festival brochure, pg. 25 | |
| Online References |
http://2011.futureeverything.org/music/warpaint/ |
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