As part of this year's Spirit of Manchester Festival hosted by Manchester Community Central, we invite you to come and join us for a day of art, creativity and fun on 26th September. 

We will be showcasing the excellent work produced by people who use the Booth Centre. You will be able to see some fabulous art work, video productions and some live performances from our opera group. 

Refreshments will be provided so please come along, have a look at our new premises and see what we have been up to. 

RSVP to: james@boothcentre.org.uk

Date: Friday 26th September          
Time: 13:30-15:30         
Venue: The Booth Centre, Edward Holt House, Pimblett Street, Manchester M3 1FU

I LIVE TEMPORARY is a digital installation created by homeless people from the Booth Centre, in collaboration with experimental arts organisation, arthur+martha. 

Customised postcards, sound recordings and an epic tweet poem carry tiny stories, little snatches of homeless people’s lives. These voices are often unheard, but they have insight to offer everyone. Combining text, sound and image, I LIVE TEMPORARY is a report from life outside the borders of comfort and acceptance. Funny, sad, angry, resigned - here are all the human colours.  

arthur+martha works with people who are pushed to the margins of society – older people in hospital, excluded school pupils, holocaust survivors and many others.
 
Launch event
Date and time: Friday 11th May, 2 – 4pm
Venue: The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2HE

Exhibition general opening times:
Open: Friday 11th May - Friday 1st June. Times will vary. 
Admisson: Free
Venue: The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2HE

Full details about the event are available on the University of Salford Arts Events website. 

We recently took part in the Peripheral Vision project in conjunction with the Workers' Educational Association, which used digital media and visits to cultural venues in Manchester to help people improve their creative film, art and photography skills. Culminating in a film festival and a book launch, this project encouraged those on the periphery to challenge others’ vision of society today.

Here are some of the films created by the people that took part in the project: 

And this video gives some more information about the project and how people responded to it: 

We had great fun taking part in this initiative and got a lot out of it! For more information about the project please visit the Peripheral Vision website.