Lost and Found

Contact, Manchester are looking for artists to submit ideas for Lost & Found a new upcoming event in June. 

From Monday, June 6th to Saturday the 11th Contact will host the very first Lost & Found Festival 2011!  With this invitation we would like you to tell us how you would like to get involved with the festival, whether that be through a  one-to-one performance, an interactive installation, anything!

LOST & FOUND 2011

Lost & Found is a festival which examines the idea that art and inspiration is found in unusual situations, locations and interactions.  We are looking to curate pieces which allow audiences to stumble across art in everyday situations; lose themselves in a piece, in a place and may allow people to find that they are part of the performance.

This intricate and inspiring event will be layered with a pick-and-mix of pop up performances, taking place in various locations around the centre of Manchester throughout the week.   The festival culminates in a final day of performances and art works which take place in the Contact building, having been inspired or created from collected images, stories and data from the outside world and from the subsequent week of creating around the city. 

The festival will essentially take the form of two parts:

Part I

Monday - Friday Lost & Found will be staged around the city-centre at various outdoor venues:

Piccadilly Gardens

A Northern Quarter Cafe

St. Peters Square

A Metrolink Tram

MediaCityUK

Part II

Day-long event at Contact throughout the entire building.

So with this in mind we would like you (although it is not absolutely required) to come up with a two part idea.  One to take place outside of Contact, and the other to take place inside Contact.  These can act as companion piece or as one being a response to the other.

Creative works may cross the boundaries between theatre, art, photography and digital media and in the process opening new creative opportunities and collaborations.

The idea of ‘Lost and Found’ is not only used as a curatorial theme and a spring board for discussion, but also a tactile image and framework for the event – an event which is like a lost and found box of hidden treasures. We would really like you to take this idea and run with it.

For this submission process we will be taking your ideas via e-mail until the closing date of Friday, March 18th.  From there, we will have a Pitch Party at Contact on Tuesday, March 29th at 7pm @ Contact in Space 2.

If you have any questions about the festival, the submission process or any other inquiries feel free to ask. 

You can reach the festival team at LostAndFound@contact-theatre.org

The members of Contact's premier young producing and programming scheme Re:Con are the creators and organizers of Lost & Found.

Thank You, Good Luck and Start Pitching!

Re:Con

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