FutureEverything Art
Bringing the future into the present
FutureEverything commissions new artworks and presents exhibitions on society, technology, environment and the city, with a focus on artworks that are participatory, sited in public space, and in an urban context.
Past artists include Ackroyd and Harvey, Fujiko Nakaya, Amy Balkin, James Marriott, Access Space, Akitsugu Maebayashi, Alexei Shulgin, Blast Theory, Christa Sommerer, Cory Arcangel, Graham Harwood, Harun Farocki, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Light Surgeons, LoVid, Marko Peljhan, Masaki Fujihata, Olia Lialina, Owl Project, Sadie Plant, Shu Lea Cheang, Toshio Iwai, Zachary Lieberman.
Each year the festival also features a special focus on an annual theme. In 2010 the annual theme is The City Experiment - Doing It Together.
Sub-themes include:
The City Experiment The ways people can experiment in remaking the city.
iPhone and the Derive Art in the age of the iPhone and Android.
Adaptive Cities Cities are not static but fluid and alive.
Data Visualisation Interpreting complexity.
Rapid Prototyping Launching the UK's first FabLab.
Read a statement on the festival themes here.
FutureEverything now invites submissions of artworks, social interventions or digital culture innovations for inclusion in the FutureEverything 2010 Art Programme.
Submissions
The deadline for submissions has now passed. Thank you for your interest.