Selected highlights

Trail-blazing programme that reimagined FutureEverything as a vehicle for ecological resilience and regenerative futures.

A consultancy service for organisations embedding ecological values into their governance.

Creative R&D programme developing actionable tools for sector-wide transformation.

Transforming bio-energy from compost into electricity, reimagining local internet infrastructure with eco-social purpose.

Three-season British Council partnership supporting emerging artists in Jordan through digital and immersive creative practice.

Artist development programme building digital skills and confidence with 270 artists across four UK communities.

New international festival for India exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and the performing arts.

Design-led workshops bringing people across sectors together to address burning issues and co-create new approaches.

Landmark exhibition placing art at the heart of society's most urgent question: what AI means for us all.

Exhibition on the social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence for care and daily life.

A vast immersive commission for Manchester International Festival 2019, described by NYT as its most ambitious.

World first continental-scale citizens' observatory, empowering communities while validating ESA satellites for global earth observation.

The UK's flagship Internet of Things demonstrator, with FutureEverything leading human-centred design, art and community engagement.

Data poetry installation generating ephemeral text across Manchester as part of CityVerve.

Artist development programme for practitioners working at the liminal edge between arts and technology development.

Participative installation using smart technologies to explore personal energy in a future Taipei city.

A landmark digital culture festival for Singapore's 50th anniversary, aligned to the Smart Nation programme.

Climate service visualisation for the wind energy sector, showing how data design aids climate action.

co-creation methodology for shaping transformative R&D projects through live experimentation and critical dialogue.

Provocative festival-as-lab artwork asking how much personal data people will willingly make public.

Book and catalogue on FutureEverything's approach to festivals, innovation and digital futures.

FutureEverything's signature innovation: transforming the festival format into a platform for real-world experimentation and innovation.

One of Europe's first open data initiatives, giving rise to the Greater Manchester Datastore and Open Data Manchester.

Artist-led project exposing pervasive surveillance through a covert Bluetooth network. Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention.

The world's first major cultural event on mobile and locative media, precursor to the smartphone era.

Exhibition exploring data-based surveillance with international artists, foundational to FutureEverything's critical data strand.