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.
AND specializes in a celebration of live, interactive and misfit cinema. AND 2012’s programme was transmitted online and across Manchester to karaoke…
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Wed 29th Aug — Sun 2nd Sep 2012
#1 The Art of Success We often have romanticised preconceptions of artists as impoverished yet passionate creators, but how does this work…
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Thu 30th Aug — Sat 1st Sep 2012
What is glitch aesthetics? Is dropping data like dropping acid? And who is The Artist 2.0? Grab your datamoshing goggles and have your questions answered by this online project and exhibition from net art pioneer Mark Amerika.
Featuring digital video art, digitally manipulated still images, game design, stand-up comedy, sound art, electronic literature and a mock museum catalogue in free e-book and print-on-demand editions.
Read moreMuseum of Glitch Aesthetics / Mark Amerika (2012)
03 – 05 October 2013 The AND festival in 2013 invited award winning artists from across the world to join in a…
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Thu 3rd Oct — Sat 5th Oct 2013
A site for discovery and adventure, AND Festival 2015 at Grizedale Forest created a space for audiences to experience the forest anew…
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Fri 18th Sep — Sun 20th Sep 2015
Pictured: Not the AND Hub but a Pirate Bay server farm! Still from 2013 documentary The Pirate Bay Away From The Keyboard,…
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Thu 3rd Oct — Sat 5th Oct 2013
For those curious about drones, Drone School brought together like minded drone enthusiasts and pilots to share their interest in drone technology…
Read moreDrone School (2015)
Sat 19th Sep — Sun 20th Sep 2015
We are part of the privileged third of the world’s population that has access to the Internet. Teams at Facebook and Google…
Read moreHow to appear offline forever? / Sebastian Schmieg
The wild landscape of the Lake District is a consequence of millions of years of geological processes, myths and folklore. Echo Wanders…
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