The debut AND festival took place in Liverpool Wed 23 – Sun 27 September 2009 at FACT, and will be coming to Cornerhouse in October 2010.
Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival that welcomes audiences to experience the best in new cinema and media art in a celebration that spills from screens and galleries into the streets and imaginations of the North West. AND exists to create a space where artists and filmmakers can offer striking new perspectives, and visitors can enjoy, discuss and interact with ideas, in a festival that questions the normal and champions a different approach.
The festival will take place in Liverpool and Manchester on alternate years, with an extended programme in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. Expect an eclectic array of screenings, installations, online projects, public realm interventions, workshops and live events, with a distinctive emphasis on ideas and discussion.
AND is driven by a new collaborative partnership between three of the UK’s leading institutions dealing with art and digital culture. FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool, Cornerhouse in Manchester and folly in Lancaster have joined forces to collaborate on the exciting task of imagining a new festival from scratch.
AND is part of WE PLAY, the Northwest cultural legacy project for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. WE PLAY is a Legacy Trust UK funded project led by the Arts Council, Northwest on behalf of new regional partnerships. WE PLAY is presented in the Northwest as part of beinspired.
Cornerhouse Highlights 2009
The following events took place at Cornerhouse in September 2009:
Action Diana Stills by The Centre of Attention
22 – 30 Sept
Jamie King New Cinema masterclass in association with Northern Film Network
27 Sept, 18:15
Action Diana
28 Sept, 18:00
The Market
29 Sept, 18:00
Previously in this Festival
Cinema
Action Diana
Artist duo, The Centre of Attention have created a cover version of a classic film shot for shot starring members of the public. Questioning both…
Cinema
The Market
Mihram (Ayaydin) is a young man keen to legitimise his life by entering the profitable mobile phone business Trouble comes when temptation for further profit…