Abandon Normal Devices Festival Preview

Abandon Normal Devices Festival heads back to Manchester during the Olympic summer, with an eclectic programme of art, new cinema and digital culture exploring the theme of ‘success?’.

The celebrations begin with the AND Festival Preview, Fri 22 – Sat 23 Jun, timed to coincide with the Manchester leg of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Following the preview, AND Festival will set off on a tour of the North West culminating in a triumphant return of AND Festival from Wed 29 Aug -Sun 2 Sep 2012 in Manchester.

2012 is AND Festival’s most adventurous to date, with exclusive screenings including the premieres of Andrew Kötting’s Swandown, and AL & AL’s tribute to Alan Turing, The Creator. Major new exhibi­tions, including Stanya Kahn: It’s Cool, I’m Good at Cornerhouse, plus performances, installations, online projects and more bring together the UK’s pioneering digital, science, design and media sectors in boundary stretching collaborations.

For more information on AND in general visit the festival website here.

Previously in this Festival

Preview/ Stanya Kahn: It’s Cool, I’m Good

Join us to celebrate the opening of this new exhibition of LA-based artist Stanya Kahn’s work, her first major UK solo exhibition.

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Artist’s Tour/ Stanya Kahn: It’s Cool, I’m Good

Artist Stanya Kahn leads a tour of her solo exhibition.

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Al & Al: The Creator

The Creator explores the legendary myth of the father of the computer age and maker of AI (Artificial Intelligence) machines, Alan Turing. Combining Lynchian nightmare…

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Filmmakers Q&A/ Al & Al: The Creator

Internationally-renowned artists Al & Al join us for a post-screening Q&A following the UK Premiere of their film The Creator. The event will be hosted…

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Filmmakers Q&A/ Swandown

We are pleased to welcome artist and Swandown director Andrew Kötting, producer Lisa Marie Russo, and writer, poet and psychogeographer Iain Sinclair for a post-screening…

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AND/Micro Commissions Information Session

Do you have an idea for a new art, digital or film commission? Abandon Normal Devices festival returns to Manchester in August with its unique…

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