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were informed the Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA) was taking
over the lease of the CUBE space. Dave Carter, Head of MDDA was contacted
and responded that he was happy to support the exhibition. Professor John
Hyatt 77 was also approached and committed to a contribution from MIRIAD.
A meeting was convened at the MDDA’s offices in the CUBE Building on
Portland Street in Manchester. We presented an overview of the project. Based
on this we were able to confirm use of the CUBE gallery, its technical support
and security personnel, data connectivity and insurance coverage. We also
confirmed partnership support in the form of audience development and
marketing from Arts Magnet and access to Manchester City Council’s resources
for marketing and communications. These in-kind contributions would go
towards a match for the funds received from ACE.
No progress was made for some time on the ownership of the CUBE Building.
We still needed to sign off on dates, venue and partner support before we could
advertise for a project manager. Finally we became aware that CUBE was now
being run by the Centre for Construction Innovation 78 . With not enough time to
renegotiate the terms of the use of the space we made a request to ACE to move
the grant period of the programme and extend the project timeline to an end
date of November 2006. This meant the event would not coincide with the
other international ‘Intersculpt’ events. We also had to find new partners for
the project to secure matching funds for the project. ACE replied they were
happy to extend the timeline. This presented an opportunity to redefine the
scope of the project.
folly contacted us again. After updating them on where we were with the project
they asked if we would consider moving it to Lancaster. We responded that we
had no problem with the show being in Lancaster so long as it was in the ‘right’
venue. They responded there were many possibilities of spaces we could explore
throughout the city to host the exhibition. It was indicated that we might be
able to secure spaces within the Storey Institute, new gallery spaces in St.
77 Director of MIRIAD and Head of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan
University.
78 An Enterprise Centre hosted by the University of Salford.
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