#WhoseFuture book

It’s May 2020 and we’re experiencing extraordinary and challenging times in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For the creative sector the impact has been devastating. Buildings have been closed, staff furloughed, live performance and gallery-based shows cancelled, along with all live music events and festivals. Rising, being a small and agile team with no building, adapts quickly and we successfully move most of our work online. Then we get a call asking if we would be interested in pulling together a huge, public facing campaign celebrating culture in the city – with just over four weeks to make it happen.