Abandon Normal Devices Festival

ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES FESTIVAL - Oh ye of little faith!

September - October 2011 

A catalyst for production and experimentation, AND is a call to arms inviting anarchists of the imagination to propose striking perspectives on normality.

For 2011, the focus is belief as we entertain an era of scepticism, and gullibility where believing nothing is inextricably linked with believing everything.

Challenging ordered existence as we breathe new icons into the streets of Northwest. The festival will bring forces both animal and algorithmic to encourage audiences to question their faith, with transcendental provocations from virtual infiltrators and trending prophets, we situate mind-altering art alongside a shrine for the cult and new cinema. 

Proceedings will start across the region in September and culminate in an almighty cerebration in Liverpool between the 29th September- 02 October.

Keep checking the AND website and social media for updates.

ABOUT AND 

"The revolution will be televised, digitised, analysed and theorised if this festival for 'anarchists of the imagination' is anything to go by."  The Guardian

Abandon Normal Devices is a major regional festival of new cinema and digital culture Now in it’s third year and is driven by an exciting new partnership between three of the UK’s leading institutions dealing with art and digital culture.

A catalyst for production and experimentation, AND is a call to arms inviting anarchists of the imagination to propose striking perspectives on technological, physical and social normality.

AND welcomes audiences to experience the best in new cinema and digital culture in a celebration that spills from screens and galleries into the streets and imaginations of the Northwest. Creating a space where artists, can offer striking new perspectives, and visitors can enjoy and interact with ideas, in a festival that questions the normal and champions a different approach! 

Cornerhouse in Manchester, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool and folly in Lancaster have joined forces to collaborate on the exciting task of imagining a new festival from scratch. This edition of AND is presented by Cornerhouse.

AND is a 2012 inspired festival, funded by Legacy Trust UK and part of WE PLAY, the Northwest cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"Our 2012 cultural programme is truly inspirational and AND is a key commission to offer a space for critique and debate. It invites artists, young people and audiences to challenge and question the body and economy in the lead up to the 2012 Games. I am delighted that each edition of AND has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark, making it a major contributor to the UK’s Cultural Olympiad."   Debbi Lander, Creative Programmer for London 2012.

For further press information please contact: 

Ruth McCullough 01524 388 500

ruth@andfestival.org.uk

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