With artists arriving the in the city, exhibitions being built, and the final preparations being put into place, Drew Hemment gives an introduction to FutureEverything 2010.
With artists arriving the in the city, exhibitions being built, and the final preparations being put into place, Drew Hemment gives an introduction to FutureEverything 2010.
This year we launched the FutureEverything Award, a new £10,000 international prize to recognise the most inspirational art, design and social innovation. The winner, The EyeWriter, was chosen because it illustrates the creative imagination that will shape our future.
This has been great start to 2010 for FutureEverything with the news that we have been awarded the prestigious Lever Prize 2010. This is the second year in a row we have been in contention for this major award, as we were runners up in 2009, and winner in 2010.
The quality of the other shortlisted
In the last two weeks we have been on the road introducing the new FutureEverything Award to our international community, and explaining the motivation for the name change from Futuresonic to FutureEverything. The first launch event was at ISEA2008 in Belfast, then via Berlin we moved to Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.