AND produces, develops and stages one of the biggest media arts festivals in the UK. Travelling to and mapping a different terrain every occurrence, AND Festival is a rehearsal space and catalyst for new models of working. The programme invites new ways of seeing the world through re-negotiating our relationship to place featuring live cinema events, installations, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions exhibitions, performances, games and apps.
This new edition of Beginningless Mind activated embodied knowledge through movement, in an ongoing collaboration with 33EMYBW, J.G. Biberkopf (Gediminas Zygus) and Jayson Haebich, and an…
Read moreBeginningless Mind: (rivers, rhythms, rituals) \\ Marija Bozinovska Jones
Sat 12th Jun 2021
AND Festival 2021 commissioned artist and filmmaker Tulapop Saenjaroen to create a new short film exploring themes of globalised networks, territoriality, and…
Read moreNotes from the Periphery \\ Tulapop Saenjaroen
Fri 18th Jun — Sun 11th Jul 2021
RIOT curated by Tendai John Mutambu. Riot / John Akomfrah / 1999 / 50 min Curated by Tendai John Mutambu, we are…
Read moreNew Cinema Shorts \\ Tendai John Mutambu: RIOT
Fri 25th Jun — Fri 2nd Jul 2021
This week’s conversation connects across the oceans with Indonesia-based curator Ignatia Nilu, exploring ideas behind the presentation of Radio Ensemble at AND…
Read moreDeeper: Ignatia Nilu \\ Radio Ensemble
Thu 1st Jul 2021
To mark the final day of AND Festival 2021, we ran our online programme of AV performances, music, talks and films that…
Read moreClosing Tide: All Day Broadcast
Sun 11th Jul 2021
For LightNight Liverpool 2021, Abandon Normal Devices (AND) presented a unique radio broadcast, mixing oceanic feelings with deep listening drone. Domes FM,…
Read moreLight Night 2021: Oceanic Feelings
Fri 21st May 2021
For New Cinema Shorts, AND Festival 2021’s weekly programme of short form cinema, we invited curators Angela Chan, Tendai John Mutambu, Natasha…
Read moreNew Cinema Shorts \\ Every Friday
Fri 4th Jun — Sun 11th Jul 2021
In Weedweavers, the radical Dutch curatorial collective New Emergences present collaborative workshops and a live performance led by artists Angeliki Diakrousi, mariëlle…
Read moreWeedweavers \\ New Emergences: Performance
Fri 9th Jul 2021
In this audiovisual broadcast, artist Aura Satz collaborated with electroacoustic composer Sarah Davachi to sonically haunt a decommissioned coal fired power station….
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