The annual event invites top-notch musical acts (cue: Phoenix, Nile Rogers, the War on Drugs, and Moses Sumney) and artists from around the world to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, where they work in dialogue with each other amid a sprawling green landscape. We want to hear from you! First FORMAT Festival in the books Alex Golden "The Cube" by curator Nicola Vassell served as a music venue. I was one of the lucky few to attend and was very impressed with the work that went into this production. //if any of these cookies are found, we don't show the modal. He gestured grandly at all the space his work took up. function initNewsletterSignup() { FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year. appendNewsletterSignup(); Looking for festivals to fill your roster this year? recentlyShown: { }); Tickets for FORMAT are on sale this week, available to the general public at 12 p.m. central time on Friday, April 22. Roya: When youre curating an experience within a space or a gallery, you can control how the audience walks through the room and engages with the work. In New York and London, we have access to exceptional programming that exists in unconventional spaces, but there are so many other parts of the world where this needs to be. }; Heirs to the Walmart fortune plan to launch an arts and music festival this September, WSJ reports. var d = new Date(); as part of our UK/China residency in partnership with 501 Xu Artspace in China. var ctx = this; Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Our area needs to host more large festivals like this, so for me, this event is very welcome. //don't run this function if the user has already triggered the modal by leaving the viewport } $.fn.serializeFormJSON = function () { For the eleventh edition of FORMAT International Photography Festival, were delighted to welcome you back to the city of Derby, following an online hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, to celebrate, discover and question What Photography Can Be. + '
' * There is probably no need to call this directly - use setNewsletterCookie(). } prefix = 'artnet_newsletter_'; var a = this.serializeArray(); var c = ca[i]; Oops! Artnet Gallery Network, The FORMAT Conference is organised by QUAD and CCIRC. } Those interested can sign up for a presale code for early access on Friday at the event website - format-festival.com. Not only do they have featured bands even your out-of-touch friends will know, they have artists for music junkies, like Thundercat, Palace, Disko Cowboy and more. + '<\/div>' expiration_days: 5 sensitivity: 50, Want to stay ahead of the art world? // dataType: 'json', All Rights Reserved.var w = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientWidth, window.innerWidth || 0), + ' @media (max-width: 767px){ .close-signup {top:0 !important;} }' //show automatically after delay Called FORMATFor Music + Art + Technology the event runs from September 23 to 25 and promises to bring together various . + '<\/div>' // Focus on the email input box Get our latest stories in the feed of your favorite networks. FORMAT hosts a wide range of world-renowned international and local musicians and artists, as well as emerging talent . + '