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Welcome to the fifth edition of the Festival of Imagineers, Coventry’s annual festival that lies at the intersection of art, design and engineering.

Our 2018 programme focuses on the theme of connections. Over the festival week, an amazing group of local, national and international artists will work with local businesses, engineers and communities to explore what connects rather than divides people. We also invite you to play the streets: come and play in public spaces with free family workshops, performances, talks and exhibitions.

Events are mostly FREE with no need to book, unless indicated otherwise.

Full event details can be found online at www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk

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Mon 17 – Sat 22 September, 10am – 4pmCoventry Cathedral

Arup presents

HUPLAAn extraordinary 23m tall sculptural model produced by Arup in partnership with Coventry secondary schools.

Thu 20 – Sat 22 September, 7.30 – 11pmBroadgate, Coventry City Centre

Collectif Coin present

CHILD HOOD Broadgate is filled with a cloud of illuminated balloons. As they move gently in the wind, they introduce an element of chaos into this otherwise meticulously ordered and mesmerising sound and light composition.

Originally commissioned by Artichoke for Lumiere London in Trafalgar Square

INSTALLATIONS

Photo: Tara Rutledge

Saturday 22 September, 8pm Cathedral Ruins Tickets £10 (£7)

Teatr Biuro Podrozy present

CARMEN FUNEBREAs Imagineer celebrate twenty years of working with inspirational outdoor arts company Teatr Biuro Podrozy and the UK marks the centenary of World War One, Carmen Funebre returns to Coventry. This is Teatr Biuro Podrozy’s most iconic performance, which has toured to almost 50 countries worldwide, and received the Fringe First and Critics’ Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

Based on the company’s research with refugees from the former Yugoslavia during the brutal Bosnian conflict in the 1990s as well as other outbreaks of nationalism and intolerance, Carmen Funebre is a visceral and brutal exposé of the horrors of war.

Details and booking at: www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/teatr-biuro-podrozy-carmen-funebre/

Wednesday 19 September, 8pm Cathedral Ruins Tickets £10 (£7)

Motionhouse present

BLOCKWhat happens when dance and circus collide? When they converge, rub against each other, blend into one another?

Leading UK companies NoFit State Circus and Motionhouse bring together their unique styles in BLOCK, a powerful fusion of dance and circus that pushes the limits of both art forms. With its daring physicality, split-second timing and thrilling feats, BLOCK leaves audiences gasping.

Details and booking at: www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/motionhouse-block

PERFORMANCE

Photo: Andrew Moore

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WORKSHOPS AND TALKS

Thursday 20 September, 3 – 5pmThe Tin, Canal Basin, Coventry

INTERSECT: WHERE BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES MEETCoventry is City of Culture. As we approach 2021, what does this mean for businesses and creative industries in Coventry and Warwickshire, and how might we use this time as an opportunity to make new connections across sectors for mutual benefit and prosperity that live past 2021?

Join this conversation for business and creative industries. Keynote speakers are Derek Lawrence from Arup and Louise Richards from Motionhouse.

Presented in partnership with The Imagineering Foundation, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Coventry Education Partnership.

Details and booking at: Places are FREE but should be pre-booked by emailing inspire@vortex-creates.co.uk

Tuesday 18 September, 4 – 8.30pmThe Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

INSPIRING CHANGE – MOVERS AND MAKERSA new initiative for Coventry that supports teacher-led, arts-based innovations which improve children’s learning and development in primary school. This twilight conference for teachers, arts practitioners, engineers and educationalists is a practical, interactive event that places the arts as a central learning tool for all subjects. For more information or to book a place contact Dave Long dave@davelongconsultancy.co.uk

Presented in partnership with The Imagineering Foundation, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Coventry Education Partnership.

Thu 20 – Sat 22 September, Times varyMeet at Coventry Transport Museum Tickets £7 (£5)

IOU present

REAR VIEW Rear View is a unique interactive experience where the streets of Coventry become part of the performance. Take a ride on a converted double decker bus, a mobile auditorium that turns the city into a stage as you go on an unforgettable journey where familiar and not so familiar places are brought to life. Ages 12+.

Details and booking at: www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/rear-view-by-iou

Saturday 22 September, 10am – 4pmThe Daimler Powerhouse FREE

Urban Rooms present

RE:COVENTRYJoin IDP Architects and Coventry University to discuss the growth, development and future of Coventry, and explore what the built environment means to the people who live and work here.

Saturday 22 September, 1pm – 3pmThe Herbert Art Gallery & Museum FREE

CELEBRATING PROCESSIONS: TEXTILE WORKSHOPLearn kantha stitching, as seen in the Coventry Processions banner, with textile artist Julia O’Connell. Materials provided. Suitable for ages 12 upwards.

Friday 21 September, 7pmCoventry Cathedral

BURNING MAN LECTUREAttend a lecture by the distinguished co-founder of Burning Man, Harley K. Dubois, outlining Burning Man’s ‘secret mission’ to change the world.

Details and booking at: Tickets are FREE but should be pre-booked at www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/burning-man-lecture

Photo: Andrew Moore

Mon 17 – Sat 22 September, 10am – 4pmThe Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

CELEBRATING PROCESSIONS June 10th 2018 saw the culmination of Artichoke’s wonderful mass participation artwork Processions, which celebrated one hundred years of votes for women. Thousands of women took to the streets of London, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh with hand-made banners to mark the achievements of the women’s suffrage movement. This display of banners made in the West Midlands includes Imagineer’s banner, made through its newly established Art Café programme in Moathouse and Hagard Community Centres, with communities who worked alongside textile artists Julia O’Connell and Julie Joannides.

PROCESSIONS was commissioned by 14-18 NOW and produced by Artichoke.

Mon 17 – Sat 22 September, 10am – 4pmThe Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

WHEEL WAYSAs Coventry moves towards being City of Culture in 2021, a range of organisations are working together to regenerate Coventry’s canal corridor and establish a cycle trail linking Sutton Stop in Longford with George Eliot’s house in Foleshill, Imagineer’s Daimler Powerhouse, the Canal Basin, FARGO and the developing Charterhouse Heritage Park.

This exhibition charts the developing ideas for the trail and also launches Imagineer’s Wheel Ways project, which will include the creation of a sonic bike opera for Coventry; kinetic sculptures inspired and made by children and the development of the Buzz Bike, which enables people to experience music through vibration.

EXHIBITIONS

Saturday 22 September, 12 – 4pmUniversity SquareJoin us for an afternoon of free family-friendly activities. Look out for:

Pif-Paf present

ACTION PAINTINGAction Painting uses artists and pneumatic cannons to create a world of flying paint where we have a fun and very important public discussion about the what, the why, the how and the should we shoot it of ART.

Julia Snowdin and Sarah Middleton present

HOOP MANIACome and find Hoop Mania for a totally new hula-hooping art experience! There are areas for mum and dad to relax while kids play in the domes created from hundreds of hula-hoops. Add hula-hoops to Hoop Mania and seeing how the installation grows and changes in shape during the day.

BUZZ BIKEBe propelled by a unique cargo bike as you immerse yourself in the brilliant musical compositions of international composer and founder of the Bictophonic Research Institute, Kaffe Matthews, feeling the sound through vibrations.

HULA HOOP WORKSHOP with Esther Fuge

Get your groove on and come to wiggle those hips! An inclusive workshop stuffed full of tricks and turns to take away for your summer show-off time.

CYR WHEELwith Esther Fuge

Witness a solo circus act celebrating movement in motion; a dynamic and hypnotic fusion of contemporary dance and cyr wheel by professional dancer and circus artist Esther Fuge.

PLAY THE STREETS!

Tim Hunkin and Andy Plant present

ASTRONAUTS’ CARAVANThe Astronauts’ Caravan is an amusing journey through space and time, cosseted in a sumptuous 70s décor and sensitively piloted by two ex-astronauts. Fully hand-operated, the astronauts’ caravan is an experiential installation and ride, reputed to scare the living daylights out of kids (and maybe a few adults).

Casson and Friends present

THE DANCE WE MADEThe Dance WE Made is a record breaking interactive dance performance that invites YOU to be the choreographer: no experience required!

Ludic Rooms present

PLAYGROUNDS WE BUILD OURSELVESTo accompany the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum’s Play! exhibition, Ludic Rooms, Coventry’s arts and technology company, are acting as play gurus in residence, conducting play experiments with the public at the Herbert and beyond, throughout the summer.

PLAY THE STREETS! Saturday 22 September, 12 – 4pmUniversity Square

Photo: Andrew Moore

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY OPEN DAY TOURS Take a bike ride into the University’s community open day.Hop on one of our special bikes and take an unusual tour of Coventry University, which celebrates its 175th year of teaching in the city in 2018.

Pre-booking advised at www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/coventry-university-bike-tours/

BUDDING ARTISTSHop aboard Coventry University’s double decker bus and get creative. Have a go at clay modelling, screen printyour very own tote bag or simply relax and listen to music from student band Looper.

HIGH PERFORMING ENGINEERING CENTREJourney around the high performance engineering centre and see all things mechanical: a real Harrier jet, motorsport workshops and a Wind Tunnel commissioned by the Mercedes F1 team. Why not take to skies and pilot one of our merlin flight simulators.

LAW AND ORDERPut on a wig and gown to experience the Moot Room, Coventry University’s very own ‘mock’ court room used to hone skills in a ‘Court of Appeal’. Get first-hand experience ‘driving’ some of the latest technology used to enhance teaching.

ADVENTURES IN HEALTHCARETake a tour of our new Alison Gingell building and see facilities for training paramedics, nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals. As well as a working ambulance, operating theatre, mock hospital wards and midwifery suite, you’ll see our community house and a crime scene used for Forensic Science and Forensic Investigations.

PLAY THE STREETS! Sat 22 September, 12 – 4pmUniversity Square

Photo: Andrew Moore

Mon 17 – Sat 22 September, 10am – 4pmCoventry Cathedral

BRIDGE: EXHIBITIONFind out more about the Bridge project and the Research and Development process so far. Step in to a virtual reality version of our vision and let us know how it makes you feel.

Thu 20 & Sat 22 September, 12pm & 2pmCoventry Cathedral

Q&A WITH THE BRIDGE TEAMAn opportunity to discover more about the Bridge project with these 30 minute Q&A sessions.

Friday 21 September, 1-4pm, Saturday 22 September, 12-4pmCoventry Cathedral

BRIDGE: STORY GATHERINGShare your experiences of bridging divides and connecting across differences. We are especially interested to hear about the bridge builders in your community and family.

Friday 21 September, from 10amShop Front Theatre, Coventry and Coventry Cathedral

BRIDGE: A DAY OF OUTDOOR ARTS AND ENGINEERINGOutdoor arts professionals, producers, engineers, academics and interested audiences are invited to a day of conversation and inspiration, exploring how engineers, designers and artists collaborate to create amazing new outdoor arts. Presented by Imagineer and OutdoorArts UK.

Full details at: www.festivalofimagineers.co.uk/event/bridge-a-day-of-outdoor-arts-and-engineering

Thu 20 – Sat 22 September, 11am, 11.20am,11.40am,1pm, 1.20pm, 1.40pm, 3pm, 3.20pm, 3.40pmOutside Coventry Cathedral

BRIDGE: IMMERSIVE R&DHelp us to develop a unique public experience using headphones, movement and some stories gathered so far. Take part in this 15 minute trial activity and give us your feedback.

BRIDGEBridge is an ambitious outdoor arts and engineering project that will lead to the creation of an iconic bridge structure for public spaces and a programme of performances and community collaborations. Imagineer is collaborating with exceptional artists and civil engineers Arup on the realisation of Bridge, which is also supported by Arts Council England through its Ambition for Excellence programme.

Come and join our creative research and development process during the Festival of Imagineers.

MON 17 TUE 18 WED 19 THU 20 FRI 21 SAT 22

Hupla, Coventry Cathedral 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm

Childhood, Broadgate 7.30 – 11pm 7.30 – 11pm 7.30 – 11pm

Rear View, Coventry Transport Museum Times vary Times vary Times vary

Block, Cathedral Ruins 8pm

Carmen Funebre, Cathedral Ruins 8pm

Inspiring Change: Movers and Makers, The Herbert 4 – 8.30pm

Intersect, The Tin 3 – 5pm

Burning Man Lecture, Coventry Cathedral 7pm

RE:Coventry, The Daimler Powerhouse 10am – 4pm

Processions Textile Workshop, The Herbert 1 – 3pm

Celebrating Processions, The Herbert 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm

Wheel Ways, The Herbert 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm

Play The Streets!, University Square 12 – 4pm

Coventry University Tours, University Square 12 – 4pm

Bridge: Exhibition, Coventry Cathedral 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm

Bridge: Q&A, Coventry Cathedral 12pm & 2pm 12pm & 2pm

Bridge: Immersive R&D, Coventry Cathedral Times vary Times vary Times vary

Bridge: Story Gathering, Coventry Cathedral 1 – 4pm 12 – 4pm

FESTIVAL AT A GLANCETHE VENUES17 – 22 SEPTEMBER 2018

Cathedral Ruins Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB

Coventry Cathedral Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB

Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place Hales Street Coventry CV1 1JD

The Daimler Powerhouse Unit 4 Sandy Lane Business Park Sandy Lane Coventry CV1 4DQ

The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well Coventry CV1 5QP

The Tin 1-4, The Canal Basin St Nicholas Street Coventry CV1 4LY

University Square Next to The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum