| Workshops & Supporting Events |
Futuresonic 2008 Workshops & Seminars Wed 30 April and Sat 3 May The festival features a range of free workshops and supporting events outside the main conference, from hands-on workshops in mobile media, music and recycled fashion, to high level seminars and conferences by festival partners. Find out more www.futuresonic.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed 30 April Nokia Mash Reality A 3 hour hands-on workshop for designers and developers by Paul Coulton and Forum Nokia Innovation Network. Try creating new mobile content yourself, which will be shown the next night at The RZA's profile festival music event. Contact, Oxford Road 12noon-3pm Free Future Culture: Forethought by Four A trip off-road into the digital future with four innovative thinkers. Looking at gaming, devices, business models, and beyond web 2.0. Presented by Futuresonic and Manchester Digital, the trade association for New Media and IT companies. Moso Moso restaurant (upstairs), opposite Contact, Oxford Road 4pm-6pm Learn more Free with Delegate / Day Pass and to Manchester Digital members Future Networks A major music and media education conference presented by City College Manchester, featuring leading figures from the world of music. Contact, Oxford Road 9.30am-5pm Free Find out more www.futuresonic.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat 3 May Freewear Freewear is a workshop dedicated to create clothes out of free materials provided by the city. Using Freecycle-an on-line network of free economy-participants will search, ask and pick up the goods needed to produce a wardrobe collection. See Art section for further details. Contact, Oxford Road 11am-3pm Free picadae Wang Ba Manchester A presentation by Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud on the celebrated 'picadae' project, and an opportunity to explore with them issues such as censorship and freedom on the web raised by their temporary internet cafe, or 'Wang Ba.' Manchester Art Gallery, China Town 11am-12noon Free Artist Talks: Social Media Thomson & Craighead given time to reflect and explore their artistic practice and Futuresonic's Artistic Director, Drew Hemment, offering an insight into the Social Networking Unplugged exhibition. MDDA, Portland Street (next to CUBE) 1pm-3pm Free *Limited Capacity* Futureworks & Sketch City Workshops Futureworks’ city-centre studios present: Digital Urban Arts with artists from Sketch City and Music Production by local rising star Trus'me. Followed by freestyle art & music sessions at Upper Space Gallery from 7 til late. Futureworks, 87-89 Moseley St. 1pm-4pm Free Future Of Sound Talks and Demo A hands-on demo of the ‘future of sound’ and the unique Illustrious 3D sound system by AV artists and musicians performing later in the evening. A project by Martyn Ware, seminal 80s pop icon and co-founder of The Human League and Heaven 17. Space 2, Contact Theatre, Oxford Road 4pm-6pm Free Find out more www.futuresonic.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun 4 May FreeSpaceManchester FA meeting by the Manchester Ponto de Cultura group. A year on from the meeting at the last Futuresonic festival, learn about plans to establish a permanent free and open source space at ZION. Plus presentations by leading festival participants Simon Yuill, Felipe Fonseca and a fashion show with a difference from Freewear. ZION,Stretford Road, Hulme 12noon-3pm Free Find out more www.futuresonic.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Futuresonic 2008 Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas 1 - 5 May Manchester, UK 5 days and nights of live music, art premiers, exhibitions, club nights and events featuring a world-class programme of over 300 artists, musicians and mavericks in 30 venues and spaces across Manchester city centre. Occupying the orbits of both digital culture and music, Futuresonic returns for May Bank Holiday with its largest and most ambitious programme to date. Info on all events http://www.futuresonic.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tickets www.futuresonic.com/tickets All artworks are free to view/take part in. Festival Music Pass Weekender Wristband : The Festival Music Pass: GBP 45 Gives access to key music and live events Delegate Pass Delegate Pass: GBP 100 in advance Gives access to Futuresonic Conference and live and music events. A limited number of Pay-What-You-Can tickets available on the day. Individual tickets also on sale. All tickets subject to terms and capacity www.futuresonic.com/tickets Hotline: 0844 847 2431 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Supported by FutureEverything is a Regularly Funded Organisation by Arts Council England, North West. Futuresonic is funded by: Arts Council England, North West & Manchester City Council. With support from our partners: ImaginationLancaster, Piccadilly Partnership, Contact, Lancaster University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Martin Stockley Associates, Lone Wolf, Toasted, Saville, Last.fm, City College Manchester, Art Attack, Cube. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |