FutureEverything

All submissions are now closed.

“The FutureEverything Award celebrates the creative imagination that will shape our future.“

Drew Hemment, Director

The FutureEverything Award recognises outstanding achievement for innovation in art, society & technology. It celebrates creative projects in any medium that offer a new and unique way to experience or see the world and help to bring the future into the present.

The winner receives a £10,000 cash prize and the FutureEverything Trophy.

Projects will be assessed against the following criteria:

Excellence

The overall quality and merit of the submission.

Significance

Does it enhance knowledge and practice in art, design, digital media or social innovation?

Relevance

Relevance to FutureEverything’s themes of society, technology, environment and the city.

Originality

Is the project a new piece of work? Is it original and distinctive?

Coherence and Rigour

Artistic or intellectual precision, method and integrity.

The prize is awarded following a rigorous and transparent assessment process.

• All submissions are reviewed by an international Advisory Panel and a longlist of 20 applicants established.

• An International Jury of leading practitioners and scholars from relevant fields define a shortlist of three outstanding projects.

• The winner is decided through an open vote by members of the FutureEverything Community – FutureEverything’s world wide community of past festival participants, speakers and delegates.

• The Award is presented at an Awards Ceremony – a Gala event staged during the FutureEverything festival, also featuring presentations of the winner and runners up, and a world class curated programme of performance and presentations.

• FutureEverything is an art, technology and social innovation organisation established in 1995 that runs year-round innovation labs and an annual festival of art, music and ideas.

• ImaginationLancaster is a centre of excellence for research in art and design rated amongst the top 3 in the UK where emphasis is placed on productive collaborations to create desirable and sustainable futures.

The FutureEverything Community is at the heart of everything we do. It is the world wide community of creative visionaries who have participated over the past 15 years in the FutureEverything Festival and Conference, and the artists, scientists, thinkers and makers who take part in the FutureEverything Labs we run year round.