Subject - New creative space in Hulme

Posted : (Friday 12th September 2008 ) By - jess (Registered User)

ARC Space Manchester – Autonomous Reflective Creative Space - Manchester

A group of local creatives has started to come together to develop plans to transform what was Arch Bar into a hub - run by local artisans. We are currently in talks with lots of organisations to gain support for what is already been regarded as a valid initiative. We aim to regenerate the area through hosting a physical and virtual creative cluster which will in turn be a trading zone for ethical and environmentally sound products. There will be workshop spaces, computers, cafe, discussion space, early morning yoga A group of local creatives has started to come together to develop plans to transform what was Arch Bar into a hub - run by local artisans. We are currently in talks with lots of organisations to gain support for what is already been regarded as a valid initiative. We aim to regenerate the area through hosting a physical and virtual creative cluster which will in turn be a trading zone for ethical and environmentally sound products. There will be workshop spaces, computers, cafe, discussion space, early morning yoga /tai chi etc, rooftop garden. People from all ages and backgrounds can join this cooperative and we aim to bring positivity and innovation to the well-located venue, which will not be used as a bar, but as a cultural hotspot where ideas can be nurtured and realised. Within the virtual hub there will be an online information centre - a sort of Yellow Pages, with tv station, swapshop, project information, trading place, board room and much more. This will become a new virtual hub where you can socially network with like-minded people, book artists and lots of other helpful stuff to help local, regional, national and international communications become much easier.

The initiative is called ARC Space Manchester (Autonomous Reflective Creative Space Manchester) and the aim is to creative a holistic zone which seeds inspiration and peer to peer learning both in the physical and virtual cluster. We will communicate with similar projects internationally and nationally, and already have located many potential partners all over the world. We will be using reconditioned computers and open source software.

Should you like to be involved with setting up the initiative or you know somebody who might, please get in touch, or forward this email.

For more information about the initiative please do not hesitate to contact Victoria Sinclair on vickysinclair@gmail.com

Our entry to the Mapping Creativity competition is uploaded - for our exciting new creative - virtual and physical launchpad in Manchester

The project will help to unite people physically and virtually to like-minded creative and cultural ethical projects worldwide. It will be a special space where creatives can come and share ideas, chill out, use workshop space and trade/exchange. We will be using reconditioned computers and open source technologies. For a brief intro to what the creative cluster will be, please see
http://just-b.com/btween/mapping-creativity/