To mark the 30th anniversary of the web, the British Council will be leading and supporting digital cultural projects and programmes around the world.
#FiveFilms4Freedom
The British Council, in partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival makes five LGBTQ+ themed short films available for the world to watch online for free, over a 10-day period.
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India Digital Call
To mark the 30th anniversary of the web, the British Council in India is exploring our changing concept of connection by supporting digital cultural projects that are inspired by how the web has connected us, or that explore what it could do for us in the future.
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Northern Ireland Science Festival
British Council Northern Ireland is supporting a range of events, including hosting a talk with bestselling author Jamie Bartlett on his book The People Vs Tech: How the Internet is Killing Democracy (and how we save it).
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#IdeasChangeLives
The #IdeasChangeLives global innovation challenge was developed in response to a rapidly changing world to find meaningful digital solutions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The two joint winners, announced on 21st January 2019, were:
StanLab, Nigeria: StanLab is a 3D virtual science laboratory which aims to improve STEM education and career prospects for more than 6 million students who lack functioning laboratories.
Mhub, Malawi: Mhub will improve reporting for more than 10,000 women and girls on issues such as sexual assault, reproductive health rights, early marriage and human trafficking as well as better understanding of rights. These capabilities add to Mhub’s existing work as Malawi’s first community-based human rights platform.
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21st Century Schools
21st century schools is a programme designed to support schools in the Western Balkan countries to develop their capacity and offer their students digital skills essential to positively contribute to a 21st century culture and economy.
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every thing every time at South by Southwest (SXSW)
Working with Future Everything, we’re supporting artist Naho Matsuda to take her digital artwork, every thing every time, to SXSW in Austin, Texas. This installation transforms urban data into poetry presented on a mesmerising, large scale mechanical screen. The artwork investigates concepts of the ‘smart city’, questioning notions of privacy use and the role data has in our lives.
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Read more about every thing every time and watch an interview with the artist over on the Future Everything website, and listen to a Guardian podcast about the work's installation in Manchester at the Great Exhibition of the North 2018.
Watch an interview with Naho Matsuda
Listen to the Guardian podcast
Theatre and Dance Livestreams
Watch outstanding UK theatre and dance performances wherever you are in the world with our programme of online performance livestreams, in partnership with The Space and other organisations. Details to be announced throughout the year.
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Alternate Realities Exhibition
We’re pleased to be a commissioning partner for Sheffield Doc/Fest’s £20,000 opportunity for an artist to create an imaginative digital artwork. Alternative Realities is a digital art programme exploring the changing forms of storytelling, experimenting with narrative and technology. It provides a platform to discover the most challenging, powerful and potent digital artworks focussed on non-fiction from around the world.
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