Futuresonic

FuturesFamily

2009 will see the launch of FuturesFamily.  FuturesFamily is a new Artists in Residence initiative 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. Denis Jones is our inaugural family member.

EVNTS Community

Since its introduction in 2005, EVNTS has grown into a community of people who each year return to give the festival an extra edge. People who participated in the EVNTS festival strand told us that they wanted to meet regularly outside of the festival. Since then we have staged occasional social and networking events. These are open gatherings where we invite people who have participated in EVNTS over the past five years, or who would like to participate in the future, to join us for some food and drinks. These events are a chance for people to meet, spark new ideas, and collaborate. EVNTS has been going for 5 years now, but it still feels like just the start of something special!

The next EVNTS meeting is on Wednesday 11th March. Find out how to take part in Futuresonic 2009 and participate in a project FutureEverything is running exploring how social technologies can improve the experience of people at events. Click here for more information.

For further details email Steve Gravener.

Open Calls

Each year Futuresonic and FutureEverything run open calls for submissions of artworks and projects to be presented at the Futuresonic festival and Social Technologies Summit.

We regret that the deadlines have passed and all calls for submissions for 2009 are now closed.

Learning

FutureEverything and Futuresonic have developed a unique partnership with Lancaster University, which is North West England's leading university for digital culture and in the top 3 in the UK for research in Art and Design. FutureEverything's Director and founder, Drew Hemment, is Associate Director of the ImaginationLancaster lab at Lancaster University, and FutureEverything is happy to endorse and promote courses and opportunities for research at the university.

MA Professional Contemporary Arts Practice

MA Professional Contemporary Arts Practice (PROCAP) is specifically designed for practising artists and graduates from the fields of Applied Design, Computer Music, Dance, Digital Arts, Fine Art, Interdisciplinary Arts, Live Art, Theatre and Performance. Each of these artform specialisms forms a pra ctice-based pathway supported by industry-facing modules covering entrepreneurship, business planning, marketing and fundraising. Students also undertake a placement with an arts organisation and create a portfolio, website or DVD relating to their practice.

Highwire Doctoral Training Centre

Creating Innovative People for Radical Change

HighWire is a £5million Digital Economies Doctoral Training Centre at Lancaster University. It has a post-disciplinary approach to innovation through research which crosses computing, design and management. Currently recruiting exceptional students with backgrounds in computing, design and management to join HighWire in 2009. Receive a £16,290 p.a. enhanced stipend, study in a new purpose-built facility and work with world-leading commercial partners.

MA Sustainability, Innovation and Design

MA in Sustainability, Innovation and Design develops design-literate professionals for creative roles in industry, the public sector and non-profit organisations. Graduates will be capable of contributing to innovative solutions for a sustainable future.