Fri 7th Sep 2012

The Humble Market headed to Preston for the WE PLAY Expo – a whole weekend of unmissable free events in Preston that celebrated…

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The Humble Market at WE PLAY Expo (2012)

Fri 7th Sep 2012
Ask A Teenager
Sat 1st Sep 2012 Ι

It’s a scientific fact that teen brains are particularly alive, active and sensitive; fast, risking-taking blobs that make creative and sometimes bizarre leaps, giving them an evolutionary edge.

Putting these highly adaptable brains to the test, we’ve assembled a teen panel to answer your problems at a special event at First Street. Submit online, then see our teens in action on 01 Sep.

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Ask A Teenager \ Mammalian Diving Reflex (2012)

Sat 1st Sep 2012
Ongoing

Chasing Nimbus is a project that explores digital and analogue techniques for project moving images onto clouds from aircrafts. Artist, director and inventor Dave Lynch has been developing his ambition to deliver multiple projections onto water vapor canvases including urban vents, cooling towers, steam trains and clouds.

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Project Nimbus / Dave Lynch (2012)

Fri 31st Aug 2012
Thu 30th Aug 2012

Who is really to blame for the current financial crisis? Is it the over-zealous drive of corporate bankers, or the demand for private property?

Are we here because of the pursuit, or indeed failure, of a particular notion of capitalist success?

This exhibition at BlankSpace examines the perpetual disillusionment of a generation of artists living through global financial turmoil.

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What have I done to (de)serve this? / Group show (2012)

Thu 30th Aug — Sun 16th Sep 2012
Thu 30th Aug 2012

We are all familiar with the stories about what the stork brought and the birds and the bees – Papadopoulou asks how these stories will evolve in an age of invitro fertilisation and stem cell research.

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Reproductive Futures / Zoe Papadopoulou (2012)

Thu 30th Aug 2012
Thu 30th Aug 2012

Iraqi American artist Wafaa Bilal is known internationally for his controversial online, performative and interactive works. For his latest project Bilal continues this trend, making a traditional public square home to a very different kind of monument: a giant, inflatable representation of Technoviking.

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Meme Junkyard: Technoviking / Wafaa Bilal (2012)

Thu 30th Aug — Sun 2nd Sep 2012
Thu 30th Aug 2012

Clearing is a new work by Ultimate Holding Company (UHC) that seeks to create a dialogue around the subject of higher arts education and the globalized trade in ‘knowledge capital’. The piece takes data from the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and the London stock market Stock Exchange to create an animated digital display and a physical space for critical reflection.

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Clearing / Ultimate Holding Company (2012)

Thu 30th Aug — Sun 2nd Sep 2012
Thu 30th Aug 2012

Monetised was a performance that looked at how we materialise our dreams by monetising specific aspects of them, and the difference between…

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Monetised / Steven Ounanian (2012)

Thu 30th Aug 2012
The Creator - Al and Al
Ongoing

The Creator from Al and Al, explores the legendary myth of the father of the computer age and maker of AI (Artificial Intelligence) machines, Alan Turing.

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The Creator \\ Al and Al

Thu 30th Aug 2012