ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES
Oct 1 - 7, 2010 to 12:00am talk/event
Cornerhouse is proud to be producing this instalment of Abandon Normal Devices, presenting an exhilarating programme and new commissions featuring participatory, public realm and online projects with artists including Gillian Wearing, The Sancho Plan, Lawrence Malstaff and xtine burroughs, to name a few.
 
Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is an annual festival of new cinema and digital culture in the North West, taking place in Liverpool and Manchester on alternate years, with an extended programme in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire.
 
This festival is a collaboration between Cornerhouse, FACT and folly. AND is part of WE PLAY, the Northwest cultural legacy project for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
For details visit: www.andfestival.org.uk

LOST IS FOUND
Jan 14 - Feb 19, 2012
A group show of work from 9 artists based in the North of England whose works responds to themes of transformation, and the fleeting moment.

SAMANTHA DONNELLY : CONTOUR STATES
Jan 28 - Mar 25, 2012
A major solo show from British artist Samantha Donnelly. Contour States features new work that explores representations of female identity in the media.

MINERVA CUEVAS : LANDINGS
Mar 3 - 25, 2012
Solo show by Mexican artist Minerva Cuevas.
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SUBVERSION
Apr 14 - Jun 3, 2012
A unique group show of new and recent contemporary Middle Eastern art which explores and rethinks modern Arab identity. Twelve emerging and established artists use autobiographical narratives amalgamated with fiction, popular culture and subversive parody, to express the dichotomies they face as they perform multiple roles in a society which is frequently represented to the outside world in a contorted and mediated manner.
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