FutureEverything Festival
FutureEverything is an annual festival of art, music and ideas hosted in Manchester, UK. The festival is held over four days at various venues across the city and includes a conference that takes place at the Museum of Science and Industry. FutureEverything 2012 is held between 16-19 May.
Festival: The crucible that allows artists, musicians, technologists and future-thinkers to share, innovate and bring the future into the present. In 2012, the FutureEverything Festival (formerly Futuresonic, est. 1995) brings together world premieres of astonishing artworks at the 1830 Warehouse, an explosive city-wide music programme, and trailblazing thinkers from around the world. 2012’s festival venues include the Museum of Science and Industry, Islington Mill, St Phillip’s Church, Royal Northern College of Music, Instituto Cervantes, Spinningfields, Manchester Academy and Victoria Baths.
Conference: Astonishing talks and visionary people in a global conversation on technology, society and culture. The FutureEverything Conference is the place to go each year for the important international debates in the field, bringing 500 opinion formers, futurologists, researchers, artists, technologists and scientists together to explore the latest issues affecting today’s digital culture. In 2012 the conference will be hosted at the Museum of Science and Industry in Castlefield.
The FutureEverything Award: A major international award for artworks, social innovations, or software and technology projects which bring the future into the present and is assessed by an international jury. The 2012/2013 Award will be presented at 2013′s festival.
FutureEverything Research
Alongside an annual festival, FutureEverything is also a digital and social innovation organisation that is recognised for leading pioneering projects and important international debates.
We engage our worldwide community in devising and testing innovations in art, society and technology. Digital Innovation projects have been developed in partnership with local government, private sector companies and contemporary cultural industries. The projects can interface with the FutureEverything Festival, which acts as a living lab and a global dissemination platform.
Learn more about FutureEverything research and innovation.