Visit by 4 art professionals from Manchester

Irini Papadimitriou

Function: Artistic Director Future Everything Country: United Kingdom Visiting period: 22 - 25 April Visiting year: 2019 Part of Visit by 4 art professionals from Manchester

Irini Papadimitriou is a curator, producer and cultural manager, working at the forefront of digital culture in the UK and internationally. Currently Creative Director at FutureEverything, an innovation lab and arts organisation in Manchester.

She was previously Digital Programmes Manager at the V&A, responsible for the annual Digital Design Weekend festival and Digital Futures among other programmes; and Head of New Media Arts Development at Watermans, where she curated the exhibition programme, exploring digital culture from a critical perspective and the impact of technology in society. Her most recent exhibition, Artificially Intelligent, was on display at the V&A until December 2018. She has been a co-curator for the Art + Data experience at Mozilla Festival and a co-founder of Maker Assembly, a critical gathering about maker culture: its meaning, politics, history and future.