The new permanent home of Factory International is the UK’s largest investment in a national cultural project since the opening of Tate Modern in 2000
“You always want these buildings to be ice breakers, you want them to just plough into something that seems rigid and behind flows all the artists that can come in with the tide - this building has the ability to smash things up and reset the agenda.”
John McGrath, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Factory International, describes it as a “vast space that can be used be used in many different ways by artists” and represents the coming together of an “extraordinary coalition of people and organisations”. The vast spaceship building is based around large, open, flexible spaces that can be reconfigured, giving artists the ability to create large-scale ambitious works of a kind not seen anywhere else in the world. Split into several separate but linked rooms, one of its main spaces is the 21-metre-high Warehouse with capacity for up to 5,000 people standing.
Programmed and operated by Factory International, Aviva Studios will host a year-round programme of original productions and special events across all artforms - from major exhibitions and concerts to intimate performances and immersive experiences.
“The dancers that have worked with us up here take a lot of pride in being from Manchester so it’s really important that this place feels like a beacon in the North,” adds Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy.” Other highlights include the award-winning ‘Marshmallow Laser Feast’, a stage spectacle combining Chinese and South Asian dance, data and video from multi-disciplinary artist Keith Khan, and an interactive symphony by Chinese composer Huang Ruo and BBC Philharmonic in June.
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