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CITYFICTIONS FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 F.E.N. CITY FICTIONS YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MANCHESTER’S NEW NEAR FUTURE CITY FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @FuturEverything FANCY A THE FUTURE CHAT WITH A OF DATA AND LAMP POST? SPORT AT PAGE 3 THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM: PAGES 5-8 MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE NEW SALON OPENS IN THE FUTURE CITY: PAGE 4 PUBLICATION COMMISSIONED BY FUTUREEVERYTHING & NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM F. E . N . FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 CITYFICTIONS 2 NEWS THE FUTURE CITY OPENS ITS DOORS A SLICE OF CENTRAL MANCHESTER HAS BEEN ANNEXED BY THE PEOPLE FOR A NEW SOCIAL EXPERIMENT AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGY HUB. FOUR years ago, touches to the people’s festival in 2014, said: and shape the city Mancunians mobilised parliament, which will “It’s incredible what themselves.” to imagine and build can be achieved when Tom Higham, one of a visionary new city, declaration - a universal ordinary people decide the instigators of the which formally opens declaration of urban to change reality. This pop up city, said: to the public tomor- rights. is a city shot through “Everything is family row. Its centre is at New The city includes a with new ideas about friendly and perfectly Century House and the creative quarter and science and technology, safe, although we surrounding buildings factory, and there is a and shaped around the have misplaced a few and public spaces in chance to experience hopes and fears of local autonomous, electronic NOMA, Manchester’s the future of TV (Sat- people. life forms,” adding, 20-acre urban urday only), a factory “The city contains “don’t pet the BUQs.” neighbourhood. showcasing the latest a full series of proto The red ribbon will be home fabrication tech- types from the future, City Fictions is in the cut on a new people’s nology (Sunday), and the each one helping us NOMA neighbourhood, parliament, sports arena, launch of a community to speculate about between the National talking street furniture, how things could be, Football Museum, bio-tech kitchen, and make do and mend and to imagine pos- Victoria Railway Station movement. sible futures. Some of and One Angel Square, Hello Everything world that shows only The pop-up urban these ideas would have The Co-operative’s head objects from the seemed fanciful when future rather than dreamed up at the relics from the past. annual digital culture but now they are there The opening weekend TALKING As it opens its gates festival FutureEvery- for us to try out and see. events run Saturday to newcomers on thing. FutureEverything “People are encour- and Sunday only, Saturday and Sunday, director Drew Hemment, aged to roll up their 10am-6pm. visitors will themselves who saw the seed of the sleeves to help lay the LAMP POSTS new city planted at the SO I SAID TO THE LAMP POST, “HAVE YOU GETTING AROUND HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE MUSEUM?” IT may seem like a crazy leave traces of ourselves NATIONAL FOOTBALL idea, nattering with serendipity in the city. on the world that we smart street furniture. - move through every MUSEUM PRESENTS But this weekend, visi- ligence waking up our day,” says Verity McIn- tors to City Fictions will bus stops and city tosh from Watershed WINNING FORMULA be able to chat to a institutions is accessed Drew Hemment from parking meter about its by sending a SMS text FutureEverything adds: THE evolving relation- So it’s no surprise to desires and fears, and message. By simply “Our banter with objects ship between sport see that the National ask the museum what it texting hello and a in the city will become and data is under the Football Museum is thinks about the objects unique code on any a part of the hubbub of spotlight at the National the sports arena at City in the exhibition. object, visitors will be urban living.” You Are Not Here, Nicky Kirk and Mel Woods Football Museum. When Fictions. Drop by to The brains behind the able to start a chat “Hello Everything, they began their football see one of the season’s Hello Everything project, with the object. unveiled at City Fictions, POP UP CITY - data art programme in biggest games, between launching in the New According to the 2014, the museum itself Barcelona and Real City Square tomorrow, developers, PAN Studio: to the emerging LET’S BUILD IT Madrid, as you have believe it will soon “Everything in the city landscape of connected innovation in the sport. never seen it before. become a normal part will become sentient objects and the internet IN a new city square Woods. This is pop-up of our interaction with and have something of things, cleverly people are building a urbanism, setting out to the city. interesting to say. utilising cloud com- temporary monument make city spaces more Smart You Don’t Need The The only thing no one These are objects with munication services to and a local architects liveable. “We are using Government To Say can guarantee is exactly opinions, and that want materials in ways that Citizen what your chosen object to listen. Come prepared scripted user experience the square to create you can scarce imag- The Air Is OK will say in response! to share your own ideas through a series of text a workshop and con- You might stir a grumpy about the future of your message conversa- struction site. John Launching in city.” tions,” says Verity. Leyland said: “We are workers who were there Manchester “The magic of Hello “Visit New City Square fabricating bricks over before us, and skipping at City Fictions post box happy to listen Everything is that it this weekend and head the weekend. Drop by through drawn-out plan- to your darkest secrets, invites us to re-imagine, out across the city, to and see, when we ning,” said Mel. Join a community of people or a street sign wanting to connect with, and to join the conversation.” have enough bricks “What is new is the gathering and sharing data in you can help us build way we have built Manchester. the structure.” While Learn more at the there, visitors can also the architecture, information hub or visit The BioStrike Kitchen smartcitizen.me/manchester help to build a people’s to create pathways futureeverything.org/smartcitizen Genomic Gastronomy parliament out of wood. between moments Elsewhere at City of serendipity.” Fictions, there is a good Many hands are chance the seat you are building City Fictions; Future Mancheter’s new bio-tech food eperience you are sat on, or the to join the city building sign you are reading, workshop visit New Everything is the work of a second City Square on Redfern Conference Opening weekend: group of architects, Street this Saturday and 31 March & 1 April Nicky Kirk and Mel Sunday. Manchester Town Hall The place to imagine and create Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March, 10am-6pm the future city. New Century House, City Fictions, Cor- Tickets/Info: poration St, Manchester M60 4ES futureeverything.org PUBLICATION COMMISSIONED BY FUTUREEVERYTHING & NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM 3 CITYFICTIONS FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 F.E.N. WHAT’S ON Visiting CITY GUIDE City Fictions T Century House, Corporation St, Manchester OPENING M60 4ES, and Manchester’s newest city square on Redfern Street. NOMA covers the area between Victoria Railway Station and WEEKEND The Co-Operative HQ on the ring road (A665). Event Workshop Listings Listings All events run 10am - 6pm, Creative Quarter - Saturday 29 and Family friendly Sunday 30 March workshops OLD BANK NEW CITY SQUARE / NEW ART SPACES/ NEW CENTURY HOUSE City Fictions, OUTDOOR SPACES FEDERATION HOUSE City Fictions, Hanover St, M4 4AH New City Square, City New Art Spaces/ Corporation St, Fictions, Redfern St, Federation House, M60 4ES Museum next to New Century City Fictions, corner Objects from the House, M60 4ES of Federation St and Media future rather than Balloon St, Manchester BBC CONNECTED relics from the past. Public Realm STUDIO: A half day FUTURES 10: HELLO LAMP EVERY- There’s lots to see event exploring the Wearable devices by THING: Speak with newly and do in the creative future of media Stefanie Posavec, James sentient street furniture quarter, attracting 2pm-5pm, Bridle, Ben Hammersley, and city institutions creative types from Saturday Public Works around the country. Bio-tech Kitchen & Caitlin Morris (Fabrica), SOCIAL CAPITAL: Includes family friendly BIO STRIKE: Francis Bitonti, Alex Box, A construction site and workshops and demos Manufacture a three Peter Gregson, Rohan workshop building a (dates and times vary) course lunch in a petri Gunatillake, Lauren temporary monument dish. Every hour, plus Bowker Data Network New Art Spaces. special events - A HISTORY OF THE BUQS: A swarm of see website for details FUTURE IN 100 autonomous, connected, Creative Quarter Saturday & Sunday OBJECTS: The future electronic lifeforms that FIXPERTS HUB: Bring Tourism create sounds around STORYSTORM: objects the city Collaborate to tell the 5TH DIMENSIONAL 11am-5pm, story of the future city CAMERA: YOU ARE NOT HERE: Saturday & Sunday - On the hour, camera for glimpsing Pathways of discovery see website for details Saturday & Sunday parallel quantum between moments of PUNCHCARD universes serendipity ECONOMY WORKSHOP: Parliament Transform your work PARLIAMENT OF pattern to knitting URBAN RIGHTS: A free- patterns NEW CITY SQUARE / access debating space 10am, 11.30am, OUTDOOR SPACES NEW CENTURY HOUSE for a universal declara- 2pm, 3.30pm New City Square, City City Fictions, tion of urban rights Sunday Fictions, Redfern St, Corporation St, BUQS WORKSHOP: next to New Century M60 4ES Open lab, demos and House, M60 4ES tours with electronic Cafe lifeforms. Parliament DATACAFE: Cafe serving NATIONAL FOOTBALL 11am-5pm, PARLIAMENT OF food, drink, data MUSEUM Saturday & Sunday URBAN RIGHTS: Salon City Fictions, Urbis BENJOLIN ANALOGUE Workshop to construct CV DAZZLE ANON Building, Cathedral SYNTH WORKSHOP: a people’s parliament SALON: Free anti- Gardens, M4 3BG Build your own noise 10am-6pm, Saturday surveillance and facial (Saturday 10am-5pm, box.