Factory+
From video series and podcasts to editorial takeovers, artist experiments and virtual worlds - it’s all here at Factory+.
Series
In the Studio
Artists and collectives show us the space where their ideas come to life.
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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley | In the Studio
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Gruff Rhys | In the Studio
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Company Chameleon | In the Studio
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Leeroy New | In The Studio
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Anna Meredith | In the Studio
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Todd Eckert Tin Drum | In the Studio
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Benji Reid | In the Studio
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Blast Theory | In the Studio
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Rimini Protokoll | In the Studio
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Ryan Gander | In the Studio
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Manchester Street Poem | In the Studio
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Luke Jerram | in the Studio
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Dream Space
What does art have the power or potential to do, when we allow ourselves to dream? We explore this in our new podcast, hosted by Gemma Cairney.
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Dream Space
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Lemn Sissay | Dream Space
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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley | Dream Space
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Es Devlin | Dream Space
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Nabihah Iqbal | Dream Space
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Ivan Michael Blackstock | Dream Space
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Jenn Nkiru | Dream Space
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Sabrina Mahfouz | Dream Space
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Danez Smith | Dream Space
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Scottee | Dream Space
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Maxine Peake | Dream Space
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Building Worlds
Building Worlds takes you behind the scenes of our productions to meet the teams and people that create a show.
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Lost and Found: Puppetry & Performance
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The Welcome: Deep Flow
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The Welcome: Factory Assembly
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Free Your Mind: Community Performers
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Free Your Mind: Design
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Free Your Mind: Dance & Choreography
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Free Your Mind: Directing
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Free Your Mind: Script
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Free Your Mind: Costume
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Free Your Mind: Producing
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Free Your Mind: Score & Sound
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Factory Sessions
Discover live performances from the best in the business and Manchester’s next gen of musicians.
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Factory Sessions: Angélique Kidjo and Guests
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Factory Sessions: Lady Ice
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Factory Sessions: The Orielles
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Factory Sessions: The Red Stains
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Factory Sessions: Meduulla
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Factory Sessions: Bay Bryan
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Factory Sessions: A Certain Ratio
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Factory Sessions: is33n
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Factory Sessions: B!TEZ
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Factory Sessions: Obeka
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Factory Sessions: Edane Ng
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Factory Sessions: Test Card Girl
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Factory Sessions: Dirty Freud
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Editor in Residence
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McKenzie Wark
McKenzie Wark takes over Factory+ for Autumn 2023.
Inspired by the iconic club scenes within The Matrix films directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the New York-based academic and writer has commissioned a range of voices to muse on the question: where do you go to free your body? The responses represent a range of cutting-edge fiction, reflection and essays.
McKenzie is the author, among other things, of Love and Money, Sex and Death (Verso Books), Raving (Duke University Press), and Reverse Cowgirl (Semiotexte). She edited the Trans | Fem | Aesthetics special issue of eflux journal and co-edited the Black Rave special issue with madison moore. She teaches at The New School in New York City.
Games
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Art
Experiments
Immersive Tech In Performance
In 2019, we began a major piece of research and development exploring how audiences of the future will experience live performance. Fifteen specialist organisations, including MIF brought together their expertise in theatre and performance, the music industry, video production, gaming and the research sector to explore what it means to perform live using technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
To celebrate the completion of this research many of the findings have been published at Findings In The Future, a collection of panel discussions and technical documents that share insights into the making of DYSTOPIA987, Dream and more.
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Adapting Story, Character & Performance for XR
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Performance, Puppetry and XR Stages
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Cross Sector R&D
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Physical and Virtual Counterparts: Blending Real and Virtual Worlds
00:52:49
Virtual Tours
Explore the Tours
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Tour of Captioning The City by Christine Sun Kim
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Tour of Poet Slash Artist with curators Lemn Sissay and Hans Ulrich Obrist
00:11:40
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Tour of Your Progress Will Be Saved with artist LaTurbo Avedon
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Talks
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Formations: Tino Sehgal and Juan Mata In Conversation
01:06:58
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Benji Reid
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Ryan Gander
00:45:32
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Laurie Anderson
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Forensic Architecture
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All Of This Unreal Time
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Marta Minujín
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