Futuresonic 2007 May 10, 2007

FUTURESONIC 2007
10-12 May, Manchester UK
http://www.futuresonic.com

The return of the excellent Futuresonic; the urban festival of electronic arts and music, in Manchester, UK.

Highlights include...

FUTUREVISUAL
http://www.futurevisual.org

In 2007 the centrepiece of Futuresonic Live will be a celebration of all things audiovisual and a homage to 40 years of multimedia events.

URBAN PLAY
http://www.urban-play.org

Urban Play is the art and technology strand of the festival featuring exhibitions, workshops and interactive projects in the city streets. It was introduced in Futuresonic's 10th anniversary year, reflecting Futuresonic's focus since 2004 on artworks in urban space, and has since been mirrored in other events in the UK and Europe.

EVNTS
http://www.futuresonic.com/07/evnts.html

A competition and showcase for the best new and ground breaking events from around the world.

SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT
http://www.socialtechsummit.org

A major international conference exploring the creative and social potential of new technologies, bringing together leading figures to explore "a whole new way of doing things in the air".

The 2007 Summit will also host a network meeting for ENVIRONMENT 2.0, a new initiative joining the dots between locative media and environmental calamity, being launched by Futuresonic to assess and offset the environmental footprint of future arts and culture.

And it will play host to THE MAP DESIGNERS, an event drawing together map hackers, artists, cartographers, DIY technologists, architects, game programmers, bloggers and semantic web philosophers.

Official Website: http://www.futuresonic.com