At the start of 2020, Fast Familiar, Abandon Normal Devices and Arts Catalyst began The Networked Condition: Environmental Impacts of Digital Cultural…

Arts organisations Fast Familiar, Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Arts Catalyst are pleased to publish collaborative research-led project The Networked Condition: Environmental…

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a catalyst for new approaches to art making and digital invention. We commission groundbreaking projects that challenge…

The Abandon Normal Devices Podcast is a new space for sharing conversations and audio highlights of AND’s programme – a community and…

American composer Kali Malone’s Does Spring Hide Its Joy engulfed the Grade II listed Hydraulic Tower, in a soundscape that transcended its…

In one of the most technically ambitious commissions we’ve completed, Anita Fontaine’s immersive augmented reality (AR) experience combined psychedelic visuals, ritualistic choreography…

Our online programme for AND Festival 2021 traversed borders, oceans and format, platforming rich conversations through interactive gameplay, round table discussions, film…

As AND Festival closes, Creative Director Luke W Moody, reflects on this year’s programme which emerged online, on docks and on waterways…

For the next edition of the Headwaters journal series, Monika and Michael from Scalarama Merseyside look back at archive footage screened at…

In 2019, 4.1 billion people worldwide had access to the Internet. Every search query, streamed video and cloud computing action is responsible…

Sunday 11 July | 12pm – 11:15pm (UTC+1) | Live Channel To mark the final day of AND Festival 2021, we’ll be…

On the weekend of Friday 11 – Sunday 13 June, we welcomed visitors on board WetLab, a floating laboratory created by public…