Manchester Coat of Arms
Bees are a symbol of activity
Ships are a symbol of trade and enterprise

Routes and mapping
We have mapped out 6 routes

Canal Route: Holden Gallery > Castlefield Gallery
South Manchester 1: Whitworth > Wahlbar
South Manchester 2: Costume Gallery > IA House Chorlton
Center of Manchester 1: Manchester Art Gallery > Rogue Studios
Center of Manchester 2: Piccadilly Place > Kraak Gallery
North of Manchester: 2022NQ > Islington Mill

One of the main starting points of our festival was mapping. Looking at alternative ways to encourage people around the city, giving a new identity to a place you may already know quite well. We looked at the idea of disorientation, the derieve and using instructions, maybe giving out instruction booklets with a random assortment of cards that lead you to some unknown destination, the luck of the draw choosing your route. After much talk and deliberation we decided upon choosing certain routes which our festival would be based around, see routes above. These would be walks which would lead you around the city, decorated walks, interactive walks with a keen idea of engaging the viewer.

One of the members of our group, began to research into the Manchester Coat of Arms, where she found 

Bees are a symbol of activity
Ships are a symbol of trade and enterprise

this got us thinking. It then came to our attention that bees are widely depicted around Manchester, featured on many of the bollards around the city. We are encouraging a green festival, with a high interest in urban gardening. Bees like gardens, we like bees. It seemed like an intriguing idea to pursue.
We have 6 routes, a 6 sided shape is a hexagon, hexagons make up honeycomb and honey comb is made by bees.