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.

Fragments International Ensemble
Wed 18th Jul 2012

Inside/Out was a residency film project developed by Fragments International Ensemble in partnership with AND Festival and the Canal and River Trust….

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Inside/Out / Fragments International Ensemble (2012)

Wed 18th Jul — Sat 8th Sep 2012
Ongoing

As part of a residency initiated in 2011 by AND and DaDa (Disability and Deaf Arts), Irish composer and writer Ailís Ní…

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The Hearing Test / Ailís Ní Ríain & Andrea Pazos López (2012)

Fri 22nd Jun 2012

AND is proud to present the first UK solo exhibition of works by American artist Stanya Kahn, who presents a selection of recent drawings and video work, characterised by her signature blend of dark comedy, visceral characters and reluctant optimism.

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It’s Cool, I’m Good \ Stanya Kahn (2012)

Fri 22nd Jun — Sun 16th Sep 2012
Fri 22nd Jun 2012

For four weeks throughout the months of September and October 2011 Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair pedalled a plastic swan over 160…

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Swandown / Dir Andrew Kotting (2012)

Fri 22nd Jun 2012
Ongoing

Mechanical Games invited participants to create and contribute a thirty-second film of their selves performing one of five sports: weight lifting, swimming,…

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MECHANICAL GAMES \ xtine burroughs (2010)

Tue 1st Jun 2010
Sat 1st Oct 2011

AND Salons were a series of talks responding to the work shown at the 2011 festival featuring artists, academics and guests that…

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AND Salons (2011)

Sat 1st Oct — Sun 2nd Oct 2011
Fri 30th Sep 2011

Pigs Bladder Football was a year long programme of artistic enquiry aiming to reconnect us with traditional craft and lost knowledge. The…

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Pigs Bladder Football \ John O’Shea (2011)

Fri 30th Sep — Sun 2nd Oct 2011
Sat 17th Sep 2011

Conceptual cousin to the film of the same name, Piercing Brightness was an exhibition of new work at the Harris Museum and…

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Piercing Brightness: Exhibition \ Various Artists (2011)

Sat 17th Sep — Sat 26th Nov 2011
Wed 28th Sep 2011

Including art by robots for robots, visions of outer space and diagrams for mechanical copulation, Q.E.D. was an exhibition with something of…

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Q.E.D \ Various Artists (2011)

Wed 28th Sep — Sun 2nd Oct 2011