Launching the 2017 festival, Instigate Arts takes over Manchester Art Gallery for a special one-night-only event called Making The Strange Familiar inspired by the exhibition Strange and Familiar, a portrait of modern Britain as seen through the lens of international photographers and curated by the documentary photographer Martin Parr.
This is a one-of-a-kind evening, dedicated to making the invisible visible. The gallery spaces will be handed over to experimental and unsung artists, musicians and performers who will create bold, live-art events in response to the images and what they say about the social, cultural and political identity of women in 2017.
Curated by Instigate Arts
The artists, musicians and performers include:
Lindsey Bull
tAngerinecAt
Phantom Chips
Miki Christie
Victoria Rose Cookson
Steffanie Elrick
Another Adele
Aja Ireland
plus more tbc
Collection will be taken on the night in aid of MASH:
Manchester Action on Street Health
Instigate Arts 
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