So, if you really want the detail of Hazard 2016 - here's a sneaky schedule (it's paper-free on the day). Big caveats - this is a plan only... the city centre is unpredictable, as is the weather, so the plan may well go out of the window!
Our advice is probably to 'go with the flow' - we will be!
Hazard 2016 – Saturday 9 July – Manchester City Centre
Produced by hÅb and presented by Word of Warning, in collaboration with the participating artists
A micro-festival of incidental intervention and sited performance, blurring the boundaries between art and activism… cheeky, thought-provoking and sometimes raunchy sprees of eccentricity…
Manchester’s unique micro-festival of all things bizarre and stripy returns for its fifth outing, and invites you to join in with its strange antics and ludic(rous) activities. So far we’ve wrapped Cathedral Gardens in fluttering hazard tape, hosted the world's slowest fairground ride, moved the goalposts (literally) and witnessed breastfeeding in a shop window – oh, and conducted a hoola-hoopathon; The Larks had the public riddling, racing and chasing as urban archaeologists and private investigators, injecting mass gaming into St Ann’s Square and beyond. To date Hazard has produced five micro-festivals of sited performance and intervention – nearly 100 artists have taken to the streets of Manchester including: Action Hero, Alex Bradley, Nicola Hunter Canavan, Kris Canavan, Jordan Mackenzie, Juliann O’Malley, Katherina Radeva, Michael Pinchbeck, Richard DeDomenici, Shahram Entekhabi + the vacuum cleaner.
For a glimpse of previous outbreaks of hazardous behaviour see here.
Think big, think bright, think irreverent!
Once again we are using St. Ann’s Square as our focal hub, with projects happening in, or radiating out from there.
We are now looking for proposals of work for a daytime event (Sat 9 July, 12noon-5pm) in Manchester City Centre:
• work that intervenes in public spaces in the city centre;
• work that is socially engaged, and/or conceptually motivated;
• work that is low- or no-tech and self-sufficient;
• work that is interactive and playful – which could mean anything from street/urban/pervasive games to playful spectacles;
• we will give bonus points for creative engagement with the idea of hazard – chance, danger, risk, and/or use of yellow+black tape!
In addition to the general call for proposals of work, there are also a number of specific opportunities:
• one commission (small budget c£1000) for a focal work embodying the notion of Hazard, which draws attention to the event;
• ideas for flash-mobs and/or mass participation interventions;
• work that is playful/interactive/participatory (both games and more loose formats welcome).
Hazard will be programmed by Tamsin Drury of hÅb. We will select from proposals from this call and other research, to put together the best possible programme of work for the event. There are no fixed criteria aside from the guidelines above and the feasibility/legality of the ideas for realisation in the public domain.
Honorarium/expenses (£2-300 per piece) available, to be negotiated on an individual basis. Please include outline budget with your proposal. For projects needing significantly more money, please contact hazard@habarts.org to talk it through first.
Please complete the proposal form (and the monitoring form too if you can bear it!)
Direct links:
It would be great if you could send us a link to video of your work – either things you’ve done in the past – or a mock-up or pitch of what you’re planning! Put your own YouTube/Vimeo etc link into the form and/or send via wetransfer.com to hazard@habarts.org or by post to hÅb, c/o Zion Arts Centre, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester, M15 5ZA
The small print:
• pieces must be the artist's own, original work;
• the artist must hold copyright/ownership of the piece and materials included;
• artists must conform with statutory and local authority rules concerning health and safety, obscenity and defamation and any other licensing conditions imposed;
• Equal Opportunities will be employed in the selection and programming of this platform.
*NB: The forms must be completed at one sitting (you can't save and return later) so please copy and paste the longer elements from another document.
Presented by Word of Warning, produced by hÅb + The Larks in collaboration with the participating artists, a greenroom legacy project
A micro-festival of incidental intervention and sited performance, blurring the boundaries between art and activism… cheeky, thought-provoking and sometimes raunchy sprees of eccentricity…
Manchester’s unique micro-festival of all things bizarre and stripy returns for its fifth outing, and invites you to join in with its strange antics and ludic(rous) activities. So far we’ve wrapped Cathedral Gardens in fluttering hazard tape, pitted together a lion and a unicorn, moved the goalposts (literally) and witnessed flat packed children take over streets of Manchester – oh, and conducted a hoola-hoopathon; The Larks had the public riddling, racing and chasing as urban archaeologists and private investigators, injecting mass gaming into St Ann’s Square and beyond. To date Hazard has produced four micro-festivals of sited performance and intervention – over 80 artists have taken to the streets of Manchester including: Action Hero, Alex Bradley, Jordan Mackenzie, Juliann O’Malley, Katherina Radeva, Michael Pinchbeck, Richard DeDomenici, Shahram Entekhabi + the vacuum cleaner.
For a glimpse of previous outbreaks of hazardous behaviour see here.
In 2014 we are seeking to do it all again, once more incorporating playful interjections from The Larks.
Think big, think bright, think irreverent!
This year we are using St. Ann’s Square as our focal hub again, with projects happening in, or radiating out from there.
We are now looking for proposals of work for a daytime event (Sat 12 July, 12noon-5pm) in Manchester City Centre:
• work that intervenes in public spaces in the city centre;
• work that is socially engaged, and/or conceptually motivated;
• work that is low- or no-tech and self-sufficient;
• work that is interactive and playful – which could mean anything from street/urban/pervasive games to playful spectacles;
• we will give bonus points for creative engagement with the idea of hazard – chance, danger, risk, and/or use of yellow+black tape!
In addition to the general call for proposals of work, there are also a number of specific opportunities:
• one commission (small budget) for a ‘launch’ embodying the notion of Hazard, which focuses on and draws attention to the event;
• ideas for flash-mobs and/or mass participation interventions;
• work that is playful/interactive/participatory (both games and more loose formats welcome).
Hazard will be programmed by Tamsin Drury of hÅb, with The Larks team focusing on interactive/play-based work. We will select from proposals from this call and other research, to put together the best possible programme of work for the event. There are no fixed criteria aside from the guidelines above and the feasibility/legality of the ideas for realisation in the public domain.
Honorarium/expenses (£2-300 per piece) available, to be negotiated on an individual basis. Please include outline budget with your proposal. For projects needing significantly more money, please contact hazard@habarts.org to talk it through first.
Please complete the proposal form (and the monitoring form too if you can bear it!)
A couple of people seem to be having problems with the links so the direct ones are:
Proposal form: http://habarts.wufoo.eu/forms/hazard-2014-proposal-form
Monitoring form: https://habarts.wufoo.eu/forms/hab-monitoring-form/
It would be great if you could send us a link to video of your work – either things you’ve done in the past – or a mock-up or pitch of what you’re planning!
The small print:
• pieces must be the artist's own, original work;
• the artist must hold copyright/ownership of the piece and materials included;
• artists must conform with statutory and local authority rules concerning health and safety, obscenity and defamation and any other licensing conditions imposed;
• Equal Opportunities will be employed in the selection and programming of this platform.
Sneaking up on you from behind a bus, Manchester’s stripiest festival returns to unleash its fourth wave of bizarre behaviour on the city centre.
In this year of all things Games, get fit in the hula-hoopathon, see the goal posts shifting, or take a soapbox tour from the Olympics to the End of the World.
See the world through teen eyes, locate a missing soldier, make your protest or join our flatpack Nottingham tourists on their summer holiday to the North West.
For just one day, Manchester’s St Ann’s Square becomes the hub for random actions, strange antics and ludic activities.
If you want to find us, look for the big red bus… or keep your eyes peeled for a flash of yellow and black - anywhere in the Square or beyond.
Guest bus programme from Hatch, Nottingham and pervasive gaming courtesy of Larkin' About
A hÅb/Hatch/Larkin' About co-production
What's on (subject to change):
All Day (12-5pm)
12-1pm
1-2pm
2-3pm
3-4pm
4-5pm
Thanks to all those who sent us bizarre, bonkers or beautiful proposals! Selection is now complete and we've been in touch with all those concerned.
We're just figuring out how much we can do and will be presenting the projects to all the various powers that be next week, ahead of being able to announce the programme.
Hot news is that the epicentre will be St Ann's Square, and we will be joined there, not only by long term collaborators Larkin' About, but also by Hatch, bringing a Summer Holiday party of artists from Nottingham on a vintage doubledecker...
Watch this space for more news soon!
A couple of people seem to be having problems with the links so the direct ones are:
Proposal form: http://lanb.it/mLFB
Monitoring form: http://lanb.it/Dg3n
We are also looking for generous people to help support the project – so if you can spare a fiver (or more!) please go to http://www.sponsume.com/project/hazard-2012
Proposals are now invited for Hazard 2012
Deadline 6pm Friday 31 May 2012:
Hazard 2012 – Saturday 21 July 2012 – Manchester City Centre
Presented by Word of Warning, produced by hÅb and Larkin’ About in collaboration with the participating artists, a greenroom legacy project.
A micro-festival of incidental intervention and sited performance, with a hint of mischief! Chance encounters and random occurrences… cheeky, thought-provoking and sometimes raunchy sprees of eccentricity…
In a 2012 Britain, seemingly obsessed with the notion of games and playing, Manchester’s unique micro-festival of all things bizarre and mischievous returns for its fourth outing and is inviting you to come and play with the city… and to see if it will play along with you..!
So far we’ve wrapped Cathedral Gardens in fluttering hazard tape, given the image of banking a makeover, circumnavigated the city by canoe and created a wheelchair moonlanding… Look out for a flash of yellow and black to see what 2012 will bring…!
To date Hazard has produced three micro-festivals of sited performance and intervention - over 60 artists have taken to the streets of Manchester including: Action Hero, Alex Bradley, Angel Club North, Richard DeDomenici, Eggs Collective, Jordan McKenzie, Michael Pinchbeck, Mkultra, Shahram Entekhabi and the vacuum cleaner.
For a glimpse of previous city onslaughts see the quick links to the right of this window.
In 2012 we are seeking to do it all again, once more incorporating an outbreak of pervasive gaming courtesy of Larkin' About.
We are also looking for generous people to help support the project – so if you can spare a fiver (or more!) please click here.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
This year we are using St. Ann’s Square as our focal hub, with projects happening in, or radiating out from there.
We are now looking for proposals of work for a daytime event(12-5pm) in Manchester City Centre:
Hazard will be programmed by Tamsin Drury of hÅb, with gaming projects programmed with the Larkin’ About team. We will select from proposals from this call and other research, to put together the best possible programme of work for the event. There are no fixed criteria aside from the guidelines above and the feasibility/legality of the ideas for realisation in the public domain.
Honorarium/expenses (£2-300 per piece) available. To be negotiated on an individual basis. Please include outline budget with your proposal. For projects needing significantly more money, please contact hazard@habarts.org to talk it through first.
To apply
Please complete the proposal form (and the monitoring form too if you can bear it!)
A couple of people seem to be having problems with the links so the direct ones are:
Proposal form: http://lanb.it/mLFB
Monitoring form: http://lanb.it/Dg3n
It would be great if you could send us a link to video of your work – either things you’ve done in the past – or a mock-up or pitch of what you’re planning!
Deadline 6pm Friday 31 May 2012.
The small print:
• pieces must be the artist's own, original work
• the artist must hold copyright/ownership of the piece and materials included
• artists must conform with statutory and local authority rules concerning health and safety, obscenity and defamation and any other licensing conditions imposed.
• Equal Opportunities will be employed in the selection and programming of this platform.
3. If you have some video for us – either put your own YouTube/Vimeo etc link into the form and/or upload to www.youtube.com/hazardmcr (log-in hazardmcr@gmail.com, password: randomsprees)
Closing Deadline 6pm Friday 31 May 2012*nb: The forms must be completed at one sitting (you can't save and return later) so please copy and paste the longer elements from another document.Hazard is looking for very generous, and maybe slightly mischievous, people to support the 2012 event. If you are minded to help this artistic incursion into Manchester City Centre - then have a look at our pitch at:
www.sponsume.com/project/hazard-2012
Every donation counts... and the top 'reward' is to join us in selecting one of the projects to be produced!
So if you've ever fancied being a part of playing with a city, here's your chance!