Manchester Indie Film Makers Group
2017-03-08 18:00 - 2017-09-01 20:00 UTC | Media Lounge
We are a group of collective creatives who use film and media to produce original productions which are hopefully both thought provoking and offer a fresh view of how film and live interaction is brought together. If you have any questions or constructive ideas or just want to find out more about how you can get involved with our new season of events.
Contact us at manchesterindiefmg@gmail.com or simply come along and chat with us. We meet fortnightly and look forward to seeing you.

Manchester Voices - Interactive Exhibition
2017-06-23 08:00 - 2017-08-31 17:00 | Archives+ Ground Floor
Manchester Voices is an ongoing project investigating and celebrating the accents, dialects, and people of Greater Manchester. It looks at the ways in which our use of language makes us who we are and explores perceptions of the way we speak across the region. Following a successful tour of the ten boroughs in our Accent Van, we are launching an interactive exhibition where you can hear voices from across the region and listen to people talking about themselves and their communities, the way they speak, and their sense of local and regional identity. There will be various spaces and installations telling the story of our findings so far, including interactive map displays and audio/video clips. Visitors will be invited to add their own voices to the project.
We will be tweeting under #MCRVoices
Free – please drop in

ME - Portrait Exhibition
2017-07-03 09:00 - 2017-08-28 17:00 | First Floor Display Cases
This special exhibition features work from artists taking part in creative workshops at the Booth Centre, which aims to bring about positive change in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and help them plan for and realise a better future.
The Booth Centre runs creative workshops every day for people who visit the centre with experience of homelessness. This year the arts group have formed an Arts Committee who meet regularly to discuss ideas for new projects, research exhibition venues and plan events to showcase their work.
The idea of this project, entitled ME, was created by the artists after discussions about the invisibility and isolation felt whilst experiencing homelessness.
Free – just drop in
The Booth Centre would like to thank their partners at the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) for their support with this exhibition

Piccadilly Gardens Exhibition: How Did Your Garden Grow?
2017-07-10 08:00 - 2017-08-31 17:00 | Lower Ground Floor Exhibition Space
The Architecture School for Children have worked with 4 local schools from the Moss Side and Hulme area of Manchester, St Marys C of E Primary, Claremont Road Primary, Webster Primary and Martenscroft Nursery School, to help them learn about Piccadilly Gardens in the past and re-imagine a Piccadilly Gardens of the future.
This exhibition is a celebration of the work created by the children as they visited the gardens, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University and Central Library.
Suitable for all ages
Free – please drop in

Read Manchester BookBench Trail
2017-07-10 08:00 - 2017-09-10 17:00
Come into Central Library to pick up your Trail map and plan your summer activities around our BookBenches! Venues across the city are hosting 58 BookBench sculptures – all decorated by local schools and community groups. Pick up a map and start ticking them off as you see them and get involved in the summer family activities available across Manchester.

Deities at the Bottom of the Garden
2017-07-13 08:00 - 2017-09-23 17:00 | First Floor Exhibition Hall
In this fascinating exhibition, artist Richard Bartle explores in minute detail the customs and icons of major world religions and belief systems. Manifested in a series of 12 scale modelled garden sheds, the work reduces the usually grand architecture of churches and temples into more private spaces of worship. Viewers are invited to make their own minds up about the question of what it is to have faith, and the differences and similarities between differing belief systems.
Each sculpture has been extensively researched by Richard through visiting places of worship and talking to people from the communities that use them, as well as researching religious, documentary and historical texts. Each shed and its interior has been painstakingly hand crafted, wherever possible staying true to materials and respecting the sacred and ideological value of the objects and images appropriate to that belief. The work explores the ideas of dedication and obsession, a global perspective of religion and politics, and our relationship with physical objects and architecture.
Richard Bartle is a Sheffield based artist who has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe. He has many works in both private and public collections. He says about his work; ‘I have always sought to observe the fundamental driving forces behind society and its ideas of political, economic and philosophical progress’.
Free – please drop in

Central Library in LEGO
2017-07-13 09:00 - 2017-09-30 17:00
Pop in and see this wonderful LEGO model of Central Library, which was built by Robert Clarkson for ‘Bricktastic’ at Manchester Convention Centre in 2015. It has been shown around the country and is here now, ‘inside itself’, in the Central Library Search Room, for a limited time only!
Robert says: ‘My hobby is creating new and unique models out of LEGO. As I enjoy making buildings, Manchester Central Library was an ideal choice, especially as it is such a distinctive local landmark. Its architecture, style and design were just itching to be portrayed in LEGO. I gathered what plans and details I could about the building, including visits to take photographs and walk around the building to study it. Getting the perspective, scale and features right are very important.
After spending some time creating designs on paper and my laptop it took me around six weeks to build, say 300 hours. Being a member of recognised LEGO User Group, Northern Brickworks, helped me in acquiring the necessary bricks and elements I needed. Now completed, the model measures half a metre in height, three quarters of a metre wide. With the portico at the front this adds another quarter of a metre. I know for certain that it contains over 21,000 elements, as I counted them myself when building it!’
Free – please drop in (see times – opposite)

every thing every time
2017-07-14 09:00 - 2017-08-09 17:00 | Lwr Ground floor – City Library
What stories can be uncovered from a city?
every thing every time, a new flip-dot artwork by Naho Matsuda, takes information from our interactions within the city to tell a new story about the people and the places of Manchester.
With the rise of the ‘Smart City’ asking important questions of what we want from the future, where do we see ourselves in it? As Manchester’s citizens interact with the city, a poem is generated, made anonymous and resonated across several locations, from a garden centre to a public library; a university square to a city laboratory.
the sun rises
the streets are empty
today is the last day of the term
the car park is almost empty
the traffic light turns green
the cleaning shift starts
the bus is on time
and it is colder than yesterday
every thing every time will be placed within the public realm across the Oxford Corridor from the 22nd June until 9th July; locations include Hulme Community Garden Centre, University Place at the University of Manchester and CityLabs 1.0.
Manchester Central Library will host an extended run of the work outside the Wolfson Reading Room from 22 June until 9 August
Project supported by Arts Council England, Future Everything and CityVerve

Double bill - Andrew Woodhead: Pocket Piano + Run Logan Run
2017-08-02 15:30 - 16:40 | Performance Space
Andrew explores the capabilities of the pocket piano – a tiny, hand-built synthesiser. He improvises sweeping soundscapes using both intricate textures and simple melodies.
Bristol sax and drums duo, Run Logan Run strive for intensity within the moment – from quiet, bird-like noises to huge, monolithic sounds.
Advance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10
A Manchester Jazz Festival event
