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"The Factory is a cultural space currently being built in Manchester, UK, which is to be the permanent home of the Manchester International Festival. It is inspired by the city's history of innovation and MIF's "reputation for big- hitting world premieres, envelope-pushing new work" and "being one of the leading worldwide incubators for new, cutting-edge art." It is designed by the international practice Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas and will be their first major, permanent cultural building in the UK. Ellen van Loon is the lead architect and OMA have designed a structure with uniquely flexible internal spaces, as well as the spaces outside, including two public squares by the River Irwell, intended to make The Factory a destination for people living and working in Manchester, as well as visitors to the city. The Factory's internal spaces cover approximately 13,300 square meters, with adaptability designed to enable the commissioning of large scale and intimate work across different art forms, including dance, theatre, music, opera, visual arts, popular culture and digital work, plus major exhibitions and concerts. Work commissioned for The Factory will go on to be presented around the world, whilst Manchester International Festival will continue to take place every two years. The Factory is anticipated to bring 1,500 full time jobs and add up to £1.1 billion to Manchester's economy over a decade. It will also offer a skills, training and engagement programme for people living across Greater Manchester. History Plans to build The Factory were announced in December 2014 by then Chancellor, George Osborne, who pledged a £78 million investment as part of the Northern Powerhouse programme . The Factory was backed by Manchester City Council, which stated that the venue would "play an integral part in helping Manchester and the north of England provide a genuine cultural counterbalance to London". It has been suggested that The Factory will act as "a catalyst, encouraging other creative industries and specialist suppliers to cluster around it, establish Manchester as the country's most significant arts and cultural employment centre outside London." Manchester City Council announced that, from 1 April 2018, they will provide Arts Council England (ACE) with an additional £9 million per annum to offer revenue support to Factory. Pdf. Manchester City Council granted planning permission for the building in January 2017, announcing at the same time that Manchester International Festival will operate the centre with Mark Ball, the former Artistic Director of the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), joining in June 2017 as Creative Director to oversee the development of The Factory programme alongside MIF Artistic Director and Chief Executive John McGrath. Location The Factory is being constructed on the former site of Granada Studios, where Coronation Street and other TV shows were filmed and is located within St John's, a "new cultural community for Manchester" being developed by Allied London, which purchased the site with Manchester City Council. The Factory's development coincides with that of the adjacent Science and Industry Museum, which "will become part of the creative public realm, with MSI's creative science ... balancing the creative and cultural production of Factory." SIM are building a new £6 million Special Exhibition Gallery alongside The Factory; the new gallery is set to be complete by 2020. Pdf of Carmody Groarke's design. The Factory is situated next to the River Irwell and is close to other city centre cultural sites, including the People's History Museum, John Rylands Library, the Opera House, HOME and the Royal Exchange Theatre. Overview The Factory covers , and will comprise of three main flexible internal spaces including, ground floor, warehouse and auditorium, with further spaces inside and outside of the building. The warehouse will have a capacity of up to 5,000 and the auditorium up to 1,600 seated. The warehouse and auditorium can present events simultaneously, and the warehouse will also have the ability to be divided into two spaces by an acoustic wall. Both spaces can also be combined, with this adaptability meaning The Factory will be able to create and present different types and scale of event. Pdf. The building will also include dressing rooms, offices, toilets, and spaces to serve food and beverage. Two public squares on the north and west sides of the building also make up The Factory site. The scheme also includes the restoration and reuse of the northern brick arched portion of the Grade II-listed Colonnaded Railway ViaductHistoric England and two public squares to the north and west of the building also making up The Factory site. Building Design Rem Koolhaas of OMA pictured in 1987.Rem Koolhaas Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) were selected to design The Factory following an international competition. 48 architectural firms had expressed an interest in the project, the following nine were invited to go forward by the council: :Rafael Viñoly Architects · Diller Scofidio + Renfro · Bennetts Associates · Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) · Zaha Hadid Architects · SimpsonHaugh and Partners · Grimshaw Architects · Mecanoo International · Haworth Tompkins Limited The former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Angela Brady, was amongst a number of architects who expressed their concern that there were no architects amongst the jury that would name the successful bidding firm. The jury comprised: Richard Leese, (leader of Manchester City Council), Tom Bloxham, (chairman of the festival and Urban Splash), and Michael Ingall, (chief executive of Allied London). The jury were assisted by a technical panel: Maria Balshaw (then Director of Culture for Manchester City Council), Pat Bartoli, (head of the council's City Centre Regeneration Team), John McGrath, (artistic director and chief executive of the festival), Greg Attwood, (development director at Allied London), and Dave Carty, (development manager of the council's City Centre Regeneration). Lead Architect for The Factory is Ellen van Loon, who has worked on projects including Brighton College (2020), BLOX, the new home of the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen (2018); Rijnstraat 8 (2017); Lab City (2017); the G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (2014); De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands (2013); New Court, the Rothschild Bank headquarters in London (2011); exterior and interior design for Maggie's Centre near Glasgow (2011); the Prada Transformer pavilion in Seoul (2009); Casa da Musica in Porto (2005), winner of the 2007 RIBA Award; and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (2003), winner of the European Union Mies van der Rohe award in 2005. Training and employment The Factory delivers a skills, engagement and training programme under the banner The Factory Academy. Over the next five years, it is expected to create up to 1,400 training places, plus thousands more learning and engagement opportunities - many particularly targeted at young people, providing an entry point to work in the creative industries. The Factory Academy is backed by the Greater Manchester Cultural Skills Consortium. Members include Brighter Sounds, Contact, HOME, The Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester International Festival, Manchester Jewish Museum, Manchester Museum, Manchester Metropolitan University, Octagon Theatre, Oldham Coliseum, Palace Theatre, Manchester Opera House, People's History Museum, Royal Exchange Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Science and Industry Museum, Walk the Plank and Z-Arts. It is also anticipated that the venue will have 125 permanent staff plus 15 apprentices. Personnel In the summer of 2015, it was announced that the design and development process would be overseen by a Project Board set up by Manchester City Council with Maria Balshaw appointed the Single Responsible Owner for the project. Funding and project monitoring is the responsibility of ACE, who have agreed to second Simon Mellor, ACE's Executive Director, Arts and Culture, for up to two days a week (to be based in the Manchester project office in Manchester Town Hall). His role will be to support the further development of the business case and to work up the technical brief for the design team. point 5.0. Pdf. Mellor was previously a General Director at MIF. Other contacts for the project include: Joanne Roney (the council's Chief Executive), Dave Carty (development manager of the council's City Centre Regeneration) and Pat Bartoli (head of the council's City Centre Regeneration Team). In June 2016, it was announced that the chief operating officer for BBC England, Jenny Baxter, was to become project director of The Factory from autumn 2016, at a salary of £140,000 to be paid by Manchester City Council. MIF Board Members * Tom Bloxham Chair (Founder of Urban Splash, Trustee of Manchester United Foundation) * Dr Maria Balshaw CBE (Director, Tate) * Richard Bell (Managing Partner for Deloitte in the North West) * Sir Howard Bernstein (former CEO, Manchester City Council 1998 – 2017) * Alan Bishop (former CEO Southbank Centre, 2009–2017) * Jeremy Deller (Artist) * Jamil Khalil (CEO of tech firm, Wakelet) * Amy Lawrence (Young Person's board representative). * Chris Oglesby (CEO, Bruntwood) * Richard Paver (Former Treasurer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority) * Malcolm Press (Vice Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University) * Councillor Luthfur Rahman (Executive Member for Schools, Culture and Leisure, Manchester City Council) * Lemn Sissay . * Kully Thiarai (Creative Director of Leeds 2023) * Ngozi 'Goz' Ugochukwu (Artist and journalist) * Jo Whitfield (Chief Executive of Food, The Co-operative Group) * Jeanette Winterson (Writer) * Cathryn Wright (MD Stonewall) Executive Team * John McGrath (Artistic Director and Chief Executive) * Randel Bryan (Executive Director) * Christine Cort (Managing Director) * Mark Ball (Creative Director) * Hannah Cork (Director of Finance & Resources) * Fiona Gasper (Director of Organisational Change) Advisory Groups = Artistic Advisors = * Michael Morris (Co-Director of Artangel) * Hans Ulrich Obrist (art critic, curator and historian) * Peter Saville (art director and graphic designer) * Lemn Sissay (Writer and Chancellor of the University of Manchester) * Cerys Matthews (singer songwriter and broadcaster) * Hannah Pool (writer and journalist) = People's Forum and Young People's Forum = In early 2019 MIF launched the People’s Forum, a group that meets regularly to help inform the development of MIF and The Factory. The group is made up of 15 members from across Greater Manchester, who were selected following an open call which saw over 100 people express their interest. A Young People’s Forum (YPF) has been running since early 2018, providing perspectives on youth culture and issues in Manchester. The council also announced that an application for a new charity, The Factory Trust, to be chaired by Sir Howard Bernstein has been made to the Charities Commission. The council state that, "once the trust has charitable status, it will begin a programme of applications to Trusts and Foundations alongside approaches to individuals and corporations." Timescale construction site 12.11.2019 The timeframe established by the Project Board contained the following key milestones: * July 2015 - issue of the contract for design services * Mid- November 2015 - design team appointments (see above) * August 2016 - planning application submission * February 2017 to September 2019 - construction * August 2019 to November 2019 - commissioning of facilities and test events * Beginning of 2020 - opening ceremony Pdf. When the procurement process was completed, a detailed design and delivery strategy as well as a detailed business case was presented to Manchester City Council's Executive Committee. The planning application was submitted to the council in November 2016, and approved in January 2017. Revised timetable A revised planning application, taking account of some design changes, is due to be submitted in September 2017 with a decision expected in November 2017. This will result in the venue opening in September 2020, with test events from April / May 2020, rather than the original plan of the opening ceremony at the beginning of 2020. See also * Allied London * Manchester City Council * Manchester International Festival * Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) * Office for Metropolitan Architecture * Rem Koolhaas * St John's Quarter Further reading * 151 page overview of the background and design of the factory: References Notes : The original timeline was as follows: :* May 2016 - planning application submission :* January 2017 to December 2018 - construction :* January 2019 to June 2019 - commissioning of facilities and test events :* July 2019 - opening ceremony : The revised timeline was as follows: :* End of 2019 - opening ceremony ;Reference to Note 1 * point 5.0. Pdf. ;Reference to Note 2 * Pdf. External links * The Factory * Developer's website * The Factory on OMA's website Buildings and structures in Manchester Culture in Manchester Music venues in Manchester Performance art venues Planned developments Redevelopment projects in the United Kingdom Theatres in Manchester Tourist attractions in Manchester "
"H.I.V (also known stylistically as H.I.V (Humanity is Vanishing)) is the debut album of the Cameroonian rapper and producer Jovi, released August 31, 2012. Entirely self-produced under his producer alias, "Le Monstre", Jovi composed, recorded, and mixed the album in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The album blends instrumentation and rhythms from traditional Cameroonian genres with Western hip hop beats and style, as well as influences from pop, rock, electronic and industrial genres, and includes samples from African musicians Tabu Ley Rochereau and Eko Roosevelt. H.I.V received critical acclaim for its use of punchlines, rhyming, and wordplay in Pidgin English (which is widely spoken in Cameroon, but not considered a formal language), mixed with English and French. Jovi’s H.I.V album was highly anticipated in Cameroon following the release of his debut video “Don 4 Kwat” on October 14, 2011, which is seen as re-energizing the hip hop scene in Cameroon, which had largely been dormant and dominated by Bikutsi and Makossa genres. Originally released on iTunes for sale, the album was removed after one year, and became available for free download on Bandcamp on September 12, 2013, according to the website, as a "special edition of Jovi's debut album." Critical reception The album was well received by Cameroonians and also received some recognition in other African countries. According to African culture and entertainment magazine, Je Wanda magazine, "H.I.V is an array of variety, from the Pidgin English, the instrumentation and the audacious themes that only gives the album the much needed global and local appeal that was previously missing in Cameroon hip hop." The Cameroonian literary magazine Bakwa stated that "H.I.V is a colorful addition, not only to a budding local hip-hop scene but to the contemporary Cameroonian music scene as a whole; it is the long awaited arrival of a self- assured emcee very conscious of his abilities, the vacuum in the genre, his audience’s expectations, and the right dose of hustle to assert his place amongst the likes of Les Nubians and X-Maleya as a flag-bearer on stages across the globe." Pan-African magazine Okayafrica declared that H.I.V. "delivers on that notion in that it’s loaded with some of the cleanest and most original rap production we’ve heard out of Cameroon lately. Throughout the album infectious melodies are crafted out of 808s, local instruments, and the “signature bell sounds” of Le Monstre..." Track listing References 2012 debut albums Jovi (musician) albums "
"Christopher Lee Schaller (December 29, 1935 – February 27, 1984) was an American journalist, columnist, editor, humorist, speechwriter, and political strategist. Schaller held high-level positions in the administrations of three Nevada governors and a U. S. senator from Nevada. Schaller was a member of the Democratic Party, but also served a Republican governor. Schaller was posthumously honored by political associates when they commissioned a bronze bust of him. The bust was dedicated in the State of Nevada Old Assembly Chambers and was placed under the portrait of Governor Mike O'Callaghan (D) in the Nevada State Capitol Building, in Carson City, Nevada. Early life Christy Lee Kieser(1) was born on December 29, 1935 in Sioux City, Iowa to Burl and Eunice Christy Kieser(2). Chris and his older sister, Patricia Ann Kieser, lived in various states and in Canada(3) with his mother and step- fathers, and with maternal grandparents and friends of his mother. At age 11, he was adopted by his mother's husband, Robert Schaller(4), and he took the Schaller name legally. His mother and Robert Schaller bore two children, Robert E and Wendy Schaller, who were Chris Schaller's half-brother and sister. Schaller attended and graduated in 1953 from Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. During high school, he wrote a sports column for his high school newspaper. Schaller began his professional sports writing career at age 16 in 1952 with the Los Angeles Examiner. Schaller received a journalism scholarship from the LA Examiner to George Pepperdine College Journalistic and political career Schaller left Pepperdine in 1956 to work as sports editor at the Las Vegas Sun, and later became city editor (1960–1961). In 1958 Schaller joined the U.S. Army and served six months active duty at Fort Ord, California before continuing in the Army Active Reserves (1958–1964). Schaller married Harriet Jones(5), the assistant society editor of the Las Vegas SUN, on December 30, 1961. They moved to Carson City, Nevada, in 1962, where he worked as Public Information Officer for the Nevada Employment Security Department. He also wrote high school sports articles for the Carson City Nevada Appeal. Schaller became press aide and speech writer for Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer (D) in 1964–1967. He served as the news media coordinator of the 1966 Western Governor's Conference, press aide for the 1965 and 1966 National Governor's Conference and press aide for the Western Governor's Conference. Schaller's daughter, Leigh Christy Schaller (O'Neill) was born in Carson City on July 8, 1964.(6) In 1967, the Schaller family moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as speechwriter and press secretary for U.S. Senator Alan Bible (D-Nev). In 1978, Bible wrote: "To Chris Schaller—A modern day Mark Twain. Super writer and political strategist—a close and dear friend—With Warm Regards and Best Wishes. Alan Bible" In 1978, Nevada Senator Alan Bible gave Chris Schaller a signed photograph of himself. The inscription to Schaller reads: "To Chris Schaller—A modern day Mark Twain. Super writer and political strategist—a close and dear friend—With Warm Regards and Best Wishes. Alan Bible" Schaller took a leave of absence from the Senate in 1970 to manage the Nevada gubernatorial campaign of Mike O'Callaghan. He resigned from Senator Bible's staff six months later to serve as chief of staff for Governor O'Callaghan from 1971 to 1979. In 1979 Schaller was retained as chief-of-staff for newly elected Nevada Governor Robert List (R). According to the National Governor's Association, Schaller was the only person to serve as top advisor to two governors of opposite political affiliation, and was the only person to serve two terms as chairman of the Western Governor's Conference Staff Advisory Committee. At age 44 in 1980 Schaller left the List administration to work for the advertising firm of Reber, Glenn and Marz in Reno, Nevada. He became the president of Campaign Consultants. A year later he also began writing a humorous political column for the Nevada Appeal, titled "Observations". In 1982, Chris Schaller was the commencement speaker for Leigh Christy Schaller Carson City High School graduation. He advised his daughter's high school graduating class not to rely on politicians, however he also told the class that what they thought and did about their government could make a difference. Death, acknowledgements and legacy Chris Schaller died on February 27, 1984 at Washoe Medical Center, Reno, Ruthe Deskin wrote in her column in the Las Vegas SUN that Schaller was "indeed a man of virtue". The headstone at the Genoa Nevada Cemetery, where Schaller is buried, is inscribed "A Man of Virtue". Governor Mike O'Callaghan's eulogy to Chris Schaller was published in the Las Vegas Sun: > "Chris Schaller wasn't an elected official or millionaire businessman, but > he probably left a deeper imprint on Nevada than has any other single person > during the past 20 years." O'Callaghan went on to say that Schaller "helped > mold legislation into law so we can all have a better life." He praised > Schaller for his work to help other people, feed the poor and prevent future > wars. Four Nevada governors acknowledge Chris Schaller's contributions to their state. In attendance at the unveiling of the Chris Schaller bronze bust on May 19, 1986 were L-R then-current governor Richard Bryan, former governor Mike O'Callaghan, former governor Grant Sawyer and former governor Robert List. The Chris Schaller Memorial Award was created by WE CAN (organization working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect), in 1984, in recognition of his contributions of helping to enact legislation to protect abused and neglected children. The first annual Chris Schaller Memorial Award for WE CAN was presented to Judge John Mendoza in 1989. A Chris Schaller Journalism scholarship was established at the Schaller family's request. The 1984 Reno Padres baseball team season was dedicated to Schaller and Ray Kroc. The Carson City animal facility was dedicated, in 1985, as the Chris Schaller Memorial Animal Care Facility. The Chris Schaller Trust Fund was created, in 1984, to defray his medical expenses. The "Fund" held a cocktail party at the Governor's Mansion and two boxing matches in his honor. Two years after his death, a group of friends and associates wanted to create a permanent memoriam for Schaller. They called their effort “The Campaign to Bust Schaller”, and commissioned sculptor Kristin Lothrop of Manchester. Mass. to create a bronze bust. The bust was unveiled in the old senate chambers of the Nevada State Capitol Building on May 19, 1986. In attendance were the current governor, Richard Bryan, and former governors Robert List, Grant Sawyer and Mike O'Callaghan. Prior to the placement of the Schaller bust, there was only one bronze bust in the Capitol of Abraham Lincoln. Footnotes # Chris (Christy) was named for his maternal grandfather, W. Harry Christy. # Burl Kieser worked most of his life for the US Postal Service in Sioux City, Iowa. After his divorce from Eunice Christy, he remarried and had one other child, a daughter. # Chris spent his childhood in Iowa; Harrisburg and Eddyville, Ill.; Berkeley, Fresno, Whittier and Santa Monica, CA.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Tacoma, Washington. # Robert Schaller married Eunice Christy, Chris Schaller's mother, in April, 1946. He was financial Manager at Hollywood High School. # Chris and Harriet Schaller were married on December 30, 1961 at the Grace Community Church in Boulder City, NV. Late in 1962, Harriet Schaller's mother (Edythe Christianson) died in an auto accident and Harriet's two half- brothers, Alan and Theodore went to live with Chris and Harriet Schaller in Carson City. # Leigh Schaller graduated from Syracuse University and Villanova School of Law. She married James O'Neill in Carson City, Nevada, on September 2, 1989. Their wedding reception was held in the gardens of the Nevada Governor's Mansion. They raised their three children, Christopher James, Brian Patrick and Lindsay Anne in the Carson City area and near Richmond, Virginia. References 20th-century American journalists 1935 births 1984 deaths "