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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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