[spectre] FutureEverything and Futuresonic News
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FutureEverything and Futuresonic News
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1. In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything
Futuresonic 2009 will be the 10th edition and
14th calendar year of the festival. Over these
fourteen years the festival has been creatively
led, with the focus of the festival not only
sound, but also visual arts, digital culture and
social themes. In 2010 Futuresonic will return as
FutureEverything - making 2009 the last chance to
experience a "Futuresonic" festival.
"FutureEverything is a new name that captures a
lot about the character of the festival. From
2010, we look forward to all the festival's
international participants and partners joining
us on a new journey as a part of the first
FutureEverything festival." - Drew Hemment,
founder and Artistic Director
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2. Futuresonic 2009
The artistic programme for the 2009 festival
looks to be the strongest yet. Futuresonic 2009
takes place 13-16 May, and will feature 250
artists across 100 events at 30 venues. The full
festival programme will be announced in February
2009.
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3. Futuresonic at Transmediale09
The 2009 theme, Environment 2.0, is the
culmination of 3 years of activities and will be
presented and discussed in an event at
Transmediale09 in Berlin during January and in an
accompanying catalogue text on the Environment
2.0 theme by Drew Hemment, the Artistic Director
of FutureEverything and Futuresonic 2009.
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4. Lever Prize 2009
FutureEverything has been shortlisted for the
2009 Lever Prize. The highly acclaimed prize is
awarded on the basis of a range of factors
including regional individuality, high standard
of existing work and exciting future developments.
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5. Prix Ars Electronica 2009
FutureEverything's Artistic Director, Drew
Hemment, has been awarded an Honorary Mention by
Prix Ars Electronica 2009. The Prix Ars
Electronica award is the equivalent of the Oscars
for digital arts.
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6. FutureEverything Team
Seven fantastic new people have joined the team
at FutureEverything to help realise the ambition
of the festival and other year-round projects,
including three programme managers for the Art,
Music and Ideas strands, plus new key people in
marketing, production, research and
administration.
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7. Futuresonic 2008
Futuresonic 2008 featured 5 days and nights of
live music, art premieres, exhibitions, club
nights and events with a world-class programme of
over 350 artists attended by 50,000 people in 30
venues and spaces across the city centre.
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8. International Events
The "highly respected" Futuresonic festival was
invited to participate in international events,
from the prestigious International Symposium for
Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Singapore to the
Numusic festival in Norway.
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9. Social Technologies Summit
A highlight of the 2008 festival was the Social
Technologies Summit with over 900 attendees.
Launched in 2006, the summit has been made a
regular annual event alongside the Futuresonic
festival and 2009 themes build on the successes
of 2008.
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10. FuturesFamily - Artists In Residence
FuturesFamily is a new Artists In Residence
initiative from FutureEverything, established to
nurture artists at the very cutting edge of art,
music and ideas. Our family have been hand
selected for their innovation and
experimentation, driving forward our ethos to
challenge and inspire.
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11. International Network
FutureEverything / Futuresonic have led in the
establishment of an international network of
music festivals called ECAS. Fifteen Festival
Directors have attended Futuresonic, and
FutureEverything / Futuresonic have participated
in other international festivals in Europe and
North America.
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12. Support from Partners
FutureEverything / Futuresonic have received
strong support from partners and funders in 2008:
Awarded 'Pillar Event' status by Manchester City
Council, 'Regularly Funded Organisation' (RFO)
status by Arts Council England, and a 3 year
funding award by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
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13. ImaginationLancaster
ImaginationLancaster, where FutureEverything's
and Futuresonic's Drew Hemment is Associate
Director, has been awarded £5million by the EPSRC
Digital Economies programme to establish a
Doctoral Training Centre, one of only five in the
Digital Economies programme awarded nationally.
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14. Research Activities
FutureEverything has been awarded funding from
the CREATOR cluster of the EPSRC Digital
Economies programme to undertake a pioneering
research project on creative interdisciplinary
practice on the Environment. This research will
culminate in a comprehensive report on the
successes of such practices by a range of leading
international artists, designers, makers and
thinkers.
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Futuresonic 2009
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13-16 May, Manchester UK
Transforming the city into a space of experimentation, making it come alive
Futuresonic has 4 strands: Art, Music, Ideas and
EVNTS. Currently in its 14th year, the festival
occupies the orbits of both music and digital
culture.
Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything CIC.
It is a Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) of
Arts Council England North West and is supported
by Manchester City Council.
Futuresonic is presented in partnership with
ImaginationLancaster
http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk, a major new
research lab at Lancaster University.
Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything CIC.
http://www.futuresonic.com
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