FUTURESONIC // OFF THE MAP // SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT July 21, 2006

FUTURESONIC // OFF THE MAP // SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT

MUSIC | TECHNOLOGY | ART

JULY 21st & 22nd 2006

SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT

Masaki Fujihata, Last.fm, Regine Debatty (www.we-make-money-not-art.com), Anthony Dunne (Head of interaction design at the RCA), Tim Cresswell, Steve Coast (openstreetmap.org), Share NYC (http://share.dj/share/), Toshio Iwai (Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS), Matt Webb, Richard Peckham (Galileo/Astrium), Inke Arns, Stephen Kovats, Tom Carden, Atau Tanaka, Jose Luis de Vicente, Stanislav Roudavski, Steve Benford, Rob Van Kranenburg, James Wallbank, Ben Russell, Drew Hemment.

http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/social_technologies_summit/
Here's a stripped down overview of the Social Technology Summit panels

Toshio Iwai (Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS)

Social Arts
Regine Debatty ( http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com ), Anthony Dunne (Head of interaction design at the RCA & author of Herzian Tales), Jose Luis de Vicente

Iterative Architecture
Matt Webb, Tom Carden, Stanislav Roudavski

Mapping
Steve Coast (openstreetmap.org), Masaki Fujihata, Richard Peckham (Galileo/Astrium)

Social Music
Last.fm, Share NYC ( http://share.dj/share/ )

Build Your Own City
Stephen Kovats, Atau Tanaka, James Wallbank, Bandung Center for New Media Arts [Indonesia], and mimoSa, [Brazil]

Contested Spaces and RFID
Tim Cresswell, Rob Van Kranenburg, Inke Arns,

Curators Ben Russell, Drew Hemment

OFF THE MAP
http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/off_the_map/
There'll be a major exhibition called 'Off The Map' in parallel to conference featuring

Manchester : Peripheral, Alastair Dant, Tom Davis & David Gunn
Satellite Jockey, Rick Silva
Mapchester
OpenStreetMap
Amsterdam RealTime, Ester Polak
Biomapping, Christian Nold
re:draw:III 2006, Rob Lycett
Distance Made Good, Hamilton and Southern
The Catalogue, Chris Oakley
Thousand Points Of Light, Visible Collective
BUMP, Jaygo Bloom
Robotic Feral Public Authoring, Proboscis
Geotracing Futuresonic, Waag Society
Tactical Sound Garden, Mark Shepard
Phone Flora, Anna Dimitriu
Getting To The Point (For Beginners And Experts)
With Michelle Teran, Jen Southern, Pete Gomes, Simon Pope
Virtual Hiker, C5
Speckled Jewellery, Sarah Kettley
RFID Snakes and Ladders, Blink
Atau Tanaka
Magnetic Migration Music, Zoe Irvine
IMPROVe, Richard Widerberg and Zeenath Hasa with MANTIS

FUTURESONIC LIVE
http://10.futuresonic.com/futuresonic_live/
And Futuresonic Live presents some of today's most cutting-edge music-makers. Featuring the sensational Battles, live sets from the burgeoning scenes of dubstep and grime and leading light of frontier electronics Fennesz.

Friday July 21st

Music For The Beep Generation
Battles / Fennesz / Toshio Iwai

Futuresonic Lounge
Cursor Miner / Beats For Beginners / Shmoo / Lal

Various Production / Shy Child / Stacs of Stamina / Actress

Saturday July 22nd

Cobra Killer / The Future / Union of Knives

Stazi / The Lovers / Working For A Nuclear Free City / Dipoleman

Digital Mystikz + Loefah with Sgt Pokes / Kode 9 + Space Ape / Skream / The Plastician

INSTRUMENT
http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/instrument/
There will also be an exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise generators, audio-visual manipulators and head twisters by leading sound artists and noise-makers. A mix of high tech and low tech - live installations, concert performances, and abstract busking.

VENUE

1830 WarehouseThe Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4FP
0161 832 2244
http://www.msim.org.uk

The Futuresonic 2006 Conference will be staged in the room containing a functioning version of Babbage's Baby computer, within the world's first railway warehouse.

TICKETS

http://10.futuresonic.com/tickets.html

Delegate Pass: 45 GBP
Includes access to all conferences and workshops plus two major exhibitions featuring 35 artworks including world premiers and UK firsts. Also includes Weekender Wristband (normally 25 GBP) which gives free access to over 20 events, entry to the Futuresonic Opening Party and food & drink discounts.

Student Delegate Pass: 10 GBP
Includes access to all conferences and workshops plus two major exhibitions featuring 35 artworks including world premiers and UK firsts. Also includes Loyalty Wristband (normally 3 GBP) which gives discounts on over 20 events.

20 day passes will be available from 10am on each day of the conference on a Pay-What-You-Can basis.

ACCOMMODATION

If you're looking for a place to stay, some of us will be staying at the Britannia Hotel. Any hotels located within a half-mile of this location will put you right at the heart of the festival's night-time action.

The Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA.
0161 228 2288 / 0845 644 8444

Supported by EPSRC, University of Nottingham, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Salford, and Manchester Digital Development Agency.

http://www.futuresonic.com

Official Website: http://futuresonic.ocm