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IS BACK
1–18 July
Festival programme revealed Wednesday 28 April
We’re planning a safe Festival in real and virtual space – and we can’t wait to welcome you back
Read a message from John McGrath, MIF Artistic Director and Chief Executive
THE NEON
HIEROGLYPH
TAI SHANI
A PRE-FACTORY
EVENT
Virtual Factory returns with Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani with her first online work Neon Hieroglyph. ‘Virtual Factory is an ongoing digital series inviting artists to imagine new virtual worlds in response to the physical architecture and artistic ambition of The Factory, MIF’s future home
The Factory is Coming
This is the Factory. Where we invent tomorrow, together
In the heart of Manchester, on the site of the former Granada television studios, a new cultural venue is taking shape. The Factory, one of the largest and most significant developments of its kind in Europe
Building on the success of MIF, it will commission and present the world’s most exciting artists
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