Rule of Thirds was the first major event of North.
It was one day gathering of creative thinkers, discussing the impact of digital culture on the creative workflow, and exploring the exciting, developing opportunities for how we create, communicate and collaborate.
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Liz is a Theatre Maker, Writer and Do’er, currently based in Manchester.
The theatre world has fallen behind when it comes to using digital technology to enhance and support its work. Digital media turns on its head the out-dated vision of theatre that many people still cling on to: one in which information and creativity is controlled by a few people, and drip fed at their whim to the majority.
Through her work as a theatre director, Liz has been investigating how digital media can demystify what theatre practitioners do, how it can be used to engage with audiences and as a method for public participation in art.
The Red Shoes, a production that took place in Manchester in August 2009, included a strand of digital communication running alongside it with a focus on social media such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Liz is developing this further with a participatory performance project to be performed in Manchester’s Northern Quarter in December 2009. She is exploring new ground with the idea that an audience can start to experience your work as soon as they hear about it, and are able to engage with it.
North is a project being delivered by We Make Media in partnership with folly as part of the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival.
AND
AND is a new festival presented by folly, FACT and Cornerhouse that welcomes audiences to experience the best in new cinema and media art in a celebration that spills from screens and galleries into the landscape and imaginations of the North West.
The festival will take place in Liverpool and Manchester on alternate years, with an extended programme in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. Expect an eclectic array of screenings, installations, online projects, public realm interventions, workshops and live events, with a distinctive emphasis on ideas and discussion.
WE PLAY
AND is part of WE PLAY, the Northwest cultural legacy programme for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. WE PLAY is a Legacy Trust UK project, led by the Arts Council England Northwest, on behalf of a new regional partnership.
