This year we’re looking for indie developers to fill the tent with. We want to create a pop-up arcade featuring the most exciting games that are on the release horizon. If you’ve got a game to show off then get in touch.

Suitable for:

• Indie Developers.

Features:

• Heart of the festival.

Availability: 25th to 29th, 10am to 5pm.

Capacity: Many.

Address:

Old Market Square,

Nottingham.

This section is for:

• Artists.
• Photographers.
• Film Makers.
• Graffiti Artists.

What you could do:

The most basic activity would be to find a space somewhere and display your work. We’d like it better though if there was some degree of audience interaction. You might do a Q&A session after your event  or even make some new work with help from an audience.

Chameleon are looking a graffiti artist to create a new work on their outside wall. It would be great if someone could paint it as part of Open.

Suitable Places

It’s all dependent on what you want to do. If you want to create art:

• Chameleon.
• Lee Rosy’s.
• Edin’s.
• Jam Cafe.

If you want to do an exhibition or screening we’ll probably have to find a seperate space for you.

Equipment

• Your work OR
• Stuff to create new work.

This section is for:

• Anyone who wants to be heard.

What you could do:

You might just think that a talk is a talk, but there are lots of different types of things you can do such as:

• Storytelling.
• Debate.
• Panels.
• Unconferences.
• Rallying Calls.

Suitable Places

Most venues, depending on the type of thing, but some of the best might be:

• Kayal.
• Malt Cross.
• Cape.
• Tonic.
• Revolution.

Equipment

It’ll probably be quite little but definitely notes. It’s also worth thinking about any visual props.

This section covers:

• Knitting.
• Sewing.
• Origami.
• Papercraft.
• Cutting and Sticking.
• Drawing.
• Baking.

What you could do:

The most basic craft events would either be a craft meet-up or a workshop and both are good ideas. They’re even better ideas if you can tie in a videogames theme. Other activities could include collaborative events, competitions or combinations with other event types (e.g. draw some characters for a videogame).

Suitable Places

• The Malt Cross.
• Chameleon.
• Lee Rosy’s.
• Edin’s.
• Jam Cafe.
• The Tent

Equipment

The equipment you’ll need depends on the type of craft you’re doing. Basically you’ll need to bring all the stuff you and your audience will need.

• Paper.
• Pens.
• Felt Tips.
• Needles.
• Yarn.
• Glitter.
• Scissors.
• Glue.
  
• You get the idea.

This section covers:

• Developers.
• Indie Devs.
• Student Devs.

What you could do:

We need a load of indie developers to show off their games in the tent, but that’s not all. There are a ton of things you could do at Open. You could:

• Do a talk.
• Give a live playthrough.
• Run a games development workshop.
• Run an indie meet-up.
• Do a Game Jam.
• Create a game live.
• Run a pervasive game based on your game.
• Games projections.

That’s just a sample. You really do have a large scope.

Suitable Places

• Tent.
• Pretty much all our places, dependant on the type of event.

Equipment

All the things needed to run the game is a start, beyond that it really is event specific.

• Game Console/PC.
• Software.
• Cables.
• Screens.
• Peripherals.
• Speech Notes.

This section covers:

• Music.
• Theatre.
• Comedy.
• Dance.
• Trapeze.

What you could do:

The most basic sort of thing you could do would be to perform. That’s good, it’s what you’re experienced at. You could also share that experience, there’s the possibility to run workshops or create collaborative pieces of performance. Oh, and videogames based content is always nice.

Suitable Places

• The Malt Cross.
• Chameleon.
• Tonic.
• The Bell Inn.
• The Old Angel Inn.
• Lee Rosy
• Edin’s.
• Jam Cafe.
• Bunkers Hill Inn.

Equipment

You’re going to need to bring all the gear you’d normally need for the performance; Props, amps, sets, instruments, costumes, hats, spandex.

This section is for:

• Anyone!

What you could do:

• Anything!

Suitable places:

• Anywhere!

Equipment

• Everything that will make your event work.

The Malt cross is a lovely cafe bar right near the Market Square. It has a laid-back and informal atmosphere and is beautifully decorated. It has two floors with a table/booth layout so is suitable for any events were you might want to split people into teams or groups. The Malt Cross is experienced in hosting exhibitions, quizzes, community meetings and live music events. Oh, and it sells a scrumptious variety of food and drink.

Suitable for:

• Live Music.
• Quizzes.
• Talks.
• Poetry.
• Craft.

Features:

• Wide range of food and drink.
• Two floors.
• Booths.

Availability: 25th, 26th, 27th. 11am – 7pm. Possibility for Friday night

Capacity: 300

Address:

Links: http://www.maltcross.com/

Suitable for:

• Talks

Features:

• Upstairs function room with private entrance.

Availability: 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. 10am to 7pm. Available on Friday and Saturday evenings for private hire.

Capacity: 250

Address:

23 Victoria Street,

Nottingham,

NG1 2EW

The venue is spread over two floors. One floor operates as a restaurant and bar serving food and drinks through the day, the other floor is a music space and hosts regular gig nights.

Suitable for:

• Live Music Events.
• Talks.
• Craft.
• Exhibition.
• Spoken Word.
• Sound Art.
• Looking for graffiti artist for outside wall.

Features:

• Two floors.
• Food and Drink.
• Music event experience.

Availability: 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th.

Capacity: 100 upstairs and 50 downstairs.

Address:

17 Angel Row

Nottingham

NG1 6HL