-Events 2006
23rd Nov : “GIFT” @ museumMan
A GIVEAWAY of objects and ideas selected by over 150 artists for their potential use in an artwork DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND AND TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING EVENTS OF THE LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL GIFT WILL NOW RE-OPEN FOR A FURTHER WEEK THU 23 TO SAT 25 NOV 2006, 12-6PM EVERYTHING MUST GO! For further details
Day 11th Nov “Club Class” FrenchMottershead
Creatively explore your conduct at Tate Liverpool FrenchMottershead Club Class is a performance experience created by FrenchMottershead (Rebecca French and Andrew Mottershead) that invites participants to explore the social rituals and museum etiquette of Tate Liverpool. Using bad behaviour, clothing, surveillance or body language, and the whole of Tate Liverpool to play in, you enrol
Day 13th Oct “International Symposium on Stuckism”
Illustrated Lectures – Chaired by Naive John of the Liverpool Stuckists. A series of illustrated lectures presented by leading Stuckist artists and art historians. There will be opportunities to ask questions of the speakers at intervals throughout the day. A rare opportunity to meet and talk with some of Stuckism’s leading exponents.Chaired by Naive John
Day 17th Oct Dorothea Fayne
To the Nightingale Concert given in September 2006 in Liverpool as part of the Biennial “To the Nightingale”Dorothea Fayne, Mezzo-Soprano, Timothy Tate, Classical Guitar Che faró senza Euridice, Act 3 C. W. Gluckfrom “Orfeo ed Euridice“ (1714-1787) Prelude 1 (E minor) H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) To the Nightingale F. SchubertThe Trout (1797-1828) My heart opens to
Day 17th Sep “To The Nightingale” 4.00pm @ museumMan
Dorothy Fayne : Contralto & Timothy Tate: Classical Guitar An afternoon of Music includingSchubertGluckSaint SaensWagner& traditional English and Irish Song Programme 4.00pm Sunday 17th SeptembermuseumMan25 Parliament Street Free – Donations Welcome Event Type Performance Venue Name museumMan Venue Address 25 Parliament Street Event Start (dd/mm/yyyy) 17/09/2006 Opening Times 4.00pm
Day 21st Nov “The Passenger” by dot-art
A diverse exhibition of International work curated by Raul Zamudio (NYC) The Passenger In one the most memorable films by the Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, titled The Passenger, Jack Nicholson plays a burnt-out reporter who exchanges his identity with that of a man he finds dead in a North African hotel room. He does this
Day 21st Oct “Passion”
The Projection Gallery.com 21/22 Oct for artist’s films and installation The Projection Gallery.com : show themed on struggle and desire. For films and animation screenings, installation, live and interactive cross-media works Show 2 “Passion”, open view 21/22 October, at 2 Roscoe St. LiverpoolConcerning desire, love, struggle, and emotional tension: installations and artworks from UK and
Day 21st Sep “Creative Dates II”
Conference of the North West Art and Design Research Group A conference of the North West Art and Design Research Group. Creative Dates II brings together speakers including artists, designers, academics and agencies to explore the development of art and design research in higher education institutions across the North West Event Type Talk Venue Name
Day 22nd Oct We Are Waking The Sleeping Giant
Join us in the Giant’s heart on Sunday at 12:30 pm We have discovered the lay of the Sleeping Giant in Liverpool; the Giant’s 7 chakras, from the root at the spring in St. James Cemetery, up to the crown on the high land of Everton Brow. We will be walking the path from the
Day 23rd Sep “Not out of the woods yet”
The Projection Gallery.com artist’s films and installation The Projection Gallery.com : Natural world themed show. For films and animation screenings, installation, live and interactive cross-media works Show 1 “Not out of the woods yet”, open view 23/24 September, at 2 Roscoe St. Liverpool. Concerning the natural world and built environment, installations and artworks from UK
Day 24th Sep “Streets of Experience”
Tea Ceromony with poetry An afternoon of poetry and Trolleys legacy of tea Poems written and recited by Kate Fallon Cousins,Gill Fallon Cousins,Brian Williams,Richard Wilkey Riley,Adam Nankervis and Dominik Eggerman+ their guests Event Type Performance Artist Name Brian Williams Kate+Gill Fallon Cousins Venue Name ANOTHER VACANT SPACE Venue Address 25 Parliament Street Liverpool Post Code
Day 26th Oct “Walk With Me Walk With Me Will Somebody Please Walk With Me” by Lone Twin
This performance lecture draws on the recurring use of walking. Committed to creating entertaining and hopeful works, Lone Twin have created an internationally celebrated body of theatrical and arts-based events. This performance lecture draws on the recurring use of walking in their practice, responding to ideas of pedestrian knowledge, subjective-geographies, wet feet, sore throats and
Day 27th Oct “For It Was Written in the Stars” by Jo Docherty
Performance combining stand-up, autobiography, Irn-Bru and shortbread. Combining stand-up, autobiography, Irn-Bru and shortbread, cosmic comedienne Jo Docherty introduces her latest incarnation, Mercurious Morag. Born from a desire to ‘explore our irrational fixation with astrology and the theatricality of fortune telling, the ability to suspend disbelief and invest in complete bullshit’, she cuts a colourful course
Day 27th Oct “Hayley Newman Talk”
Hayley Newman talks about her recent performance works that considers the public space of the city. Hayley Newman talks about her recent performance work that considers the public space of the city. The ongoing publication project Rubbernecking, involving trips to sites represented in the daily newspapers and MKVH (Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal), where volunteers were
Day 28th Oct “Dislocation dislocation dislocation” Talk by Wrights & Sites
Mis-guided walking in the company of Wrights & Sites Illustrated talk by a group committed to producing work that responds to site and landscape. Stephen Hodge of Wrights & Sites, a group of four artist-researchers committed to producing work that responds to site and landscape, talks about the group’s ongoing Mis-Guide project. This set of
Day 28th Oct “Droppin’ Shoppin’ Until Thursday” by Bray & Sidwell
Isolating the richest qualities of hip hop and channel shopping. In Droppin’ Shoppin’, Until Thursday (Oliver Bray & Robin Sidwell) isolate the richest qualities of hip hop and channel shopping, stripping them to their barest components. Hip hop becomes a drum kit and a microphone, channel shopping becomes a sofa and a smile. Event Type
Day 28th Oct “From the Sidelines” by Sean Hawkridge
Performance intervention in Liverpool city centre. On a Saturday afternoon busy with pressurised city shoppers, this action will ‘dispel blockages at the convergence of city arteries’. Event Type Performance Artist Name Sean Hawkridge Venue Address Liverpool City Centre Telephone 0151 7095297 Email
Day 28th Oct “World in One City: Gallery Tour” by Joshua Sofaer
Guided tour of Tate Liverpool’s International 06 exhibition Tour selected works in Liverpool Biennial’s International 06 exhibition at Tate Liverpool, delivered in fake national languages. This performance tour plays out the stereotypes we ascribe to language and shows that meaning exists beyond dictionary definitions. Event Type Performance Artist Name Joshua Sofaer Venue Name Tate Liverpool
Day 29th Oct “Liverpool Live Panel Discussion”
Artists from Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool Live talk about their work in relation to the themes of this year’s Biennial, and to the public sites and spaces of Liverpool. The artists include Joshua Sofaer, FrenchMottershead, Humberto Velez and Marcus Young. Event Type Talk Venue Name Static Venue Address 23 Roscoe Lane, Liverpool Post Code L1
Day 29th Oct “Urban Voodoo: Dark Magic for Liverpool” by plan b
Performance investigating the stories that make up the changing environments of the city. During a week long residency, plan b (Sophia New and Daniel Belasco-Rogers) research and investigate the stories and images that make up the changing environment of the city, finding its pulse and playing out personal desires of urban planning. Working with models,
Day 29th Sep “A Panorama” of Liverpool” by Ben Johnson
Presentation about work in progress at Liverpool School of Art A presentation about artist Ben Johnson’s work; Liverpool Panorama. Ben Johnson has been commissioned by Phil Redmond to paint a panoramic view of Liverpool, to be exhibited in the Walker Art Gallery in 2008. Ben will be describing his panorama and would now like to
Day 29th Sep “Cape Farewell Art and Climate Change” TALKS
A series of illustrated talks Art in a Changing Climate A series of illustrated talks which brings toghether Cape Farewell artists to address and raise awareness about climate change. Created by David Buckland, Cape Farewell has led three expeditions into the High Arctic for artistic inspiration and scientific enquiry. The event also includes a live
Day 4th Nov “A perfect future?”
The Projection Gallery.com 4/5 November for artist’s films and installation The Projection Gallery.com : future-themed exhibition. For films and animation screenings, installation, live and interactive cross-media works Show 3 “A perfect future?”, open view 4/5 November, at 2 Roscoe St. Liverpool Concerning technology, interaction, dialogue and understanding: installations and artworks from UK and overseas alongside
Day Sat 11th Nov “Journey with Restraints” Birgit R. Deubner
‘Journey with Restraints’ an antithesis of human ascent, (a project born of moral philosophy, folklore and Greek mythology). Birgit Deubner. I will walk with lead wings from the FACT Centre to St Luke’s Church Birgit R Deubner will walk with a large set of lead wings.The planned route will be from behind the Fact Centre
Day Sat 4th Nov “Promenade” E-Space Lab
Live Video Link Liverpool/Shanghai 12.00 – 1.30 pm Greenland St “Promenade” Saturday Nov 4thLive video Exchange Link between Liverpool/Shanghai As part of e-space lab’s contribution to the Liverpool Exhibition “Walk On” at the 6th Shanghai Biennale the A Foundation is hosting an event during the closing days of the show. Jonathan Kearney and Xu Zhifeng
Eve 16th Sep “History of Disappearance”
Panel Discussion FRANKLIN FURNACE/MOMA: History of DisappearanceA panel discussion,Martha Wilson, Guy Brett DavidMedalla, Rose English, Susan Hiller, chair Adam NankervisList of videos of performance artists… MARTHA WILSONFranklin FURNACE/MOMARon Athey “Four Scenes in a Harsh Life”Patty Chang “Fountain”Billy X. Curmano “Swimming the Mississippi”Deborah Edmeades “The Fancy Ladies”John Fleck “I Got the He-Be-She-Be’s”Andrea Fraser “Museum Highlights”Coco Fusco
Eve 20th Oct “Sculpting with Air: The Tree Fellers + Vessels”
SoundNetwork Concert Series: Part 2 Friday 20th October 7.30 – 9.30 FREE, St Brides Church, Catharine St, Liverpool, L8 7NG The Tree Fellers Matt Wand – electronics, Mick Beck – reeds, Paul Hession – percussion – expect lively improvisation and plenty of noise VesselsPhil Morton (Frakture) – accidents & treatments, Ray Dickaty (formally of Spiritualised)
Eve 20th Sep “Cabaret Gargantua” at Magnet Club
Live performance, music, feathers and multimedia madness a cabaret night featuring music, multimedia perfomances and burlesque Cabaret Gargantua brings the phantasmagorical atmosphere of surrealist cabaret to Liverpool. Drawing on the visual trickery of Paris’s Club l’Enfer and featuring multimedia performances, burlesque and music, Cabaret Gargantua aims for a night of sophisticated entertainment for the discerning
Eve 21st Sep “Ghosts of the Future”
A multimedia showing of work by Digital Production by Disabled People, as well as pieces produced by Onteca and the Gang. Ghosts of the Future is a project consisting of four films made by the Liverpool collective Digital Production by Disabled People. ‘Blue Djinn’ is an exploration of the naked male form and the power
Eve 23rd Sep “Dollman’s ‘End of Summer Fruits Party’”
Music art performance event Dollman needs all fruities to do their disco duties- put down those chips & swing those hips in your stillies & your booties. Dollman’s ‘End of Summer Fruits Party’ (Music art perforfance event). Dollman needs all fruities to do their disco duties- put down those chips & swing those hips in
Eve 28th Oct “13 Morsels to Suck On” by The Vacuum Cleaner
Evening of videos and stories that fall outside or in between art & activism Artist and activist collective of one, The Vacuum Cleaner, invites you to an evening of 13 short videos and stories that fall outside of and in between the spaces of art and activism. This informal event will include their own work
Eve 28th Oct “Sculpting with Air: The Sealed Knot”
SoundNetwork Concert Series: Part 3 Saturday 28th October 7.00 – 9.00 FREE The Great Hall, Hope University, Everton Campus The Sealed Knot Burkhard Beins – percussion Rhodri Davies – harpMark Wastell – cello/double bass- world renowned acoustic trio SoundNetwork have invited artists Lee Patterson and Benjamin Gwilliam to curate a series of live events to
Eve 29th Sep “Trampoline” by Kai Oi Jay Yung and Neil Campbell
Trampoline video Projection accompanied by live audio performance Friday 29 September 2006, 5.30 pm – 7.00 pmVenue: View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool, L2 6RE, England. Live audio score performed by three muscicians to Yung’s video performance- collaboration Trampoline/Distribution Kai-Oi Jay Yung and Neil Campbell bring together two works which overtly explore states of
Eve Fri 24th & Sat 25th Parties
Independents Closing Parties @ museumMan PARTIES All independents are independent, but some are more Independent than other (independents). There were 3 maps so 2 parties will come as no surprise. Tonight (24th) Crack Zombie @ museumMan, 25 Parliament Street Starts at 9pm till foreverBands include; The Toxic Pijin, Bow and Arrow KramerVS.Kramer vs.Godzilla, and more.
Eve Thurs 28th Sep “Supersocial”
& every Thurday until 23rd November -various venues 6-8pm Supersocial – Independents DialogueCall for participation artists, critics, curators… Werk Ltd is setting up Supersocial as a platform of activities during the Biennial period. Do you have work you’d like to show, ideas you’d like to share, a slide show you’d like to present or
Evening 14th Sep “Sunken Sounds – Tunnelled Visions”
Evening of hypnotic subterranean soundscapes in Liverpool’s Williamson TunnelsNoise Club / Hyperion (Tuesday 22 August 2006) The Williamson Tunnels’ unique acoustics and atmosphere provide a stunning backdrop for Noise Club’s distinctive blend of audio-visual experimentation. Featuring a diverse array of instrumentation – from the violin and guitar to laptop, bulbul tarang and sonic sculpture –
Evening 16th Sep “TAI CHOO crew presents Greenfields”
An esoteric performance of uk urban art The performance engages through themes of urbanism and the increasing relevance of notions of modernist identity in Liverpool today. The Tai Choo will perform 8 tunes from ‘Revenge of the Tai Choo Crew’, an imaginary film the soundtrack which examines Liverpool’s urban culture and environment whilst incorporating found
From 10th Oct Transvoyeur Associate Exhibition: Gene Culture 2006
A selection of art researched and developed on the subject of genetic intervention in post modern society, arts and culture. Transvoyeur Associate Exhibition: Gene Culture 2006 Venue: The Slaughterhouse 73 Gallery, 73 St Mary’s Road, Garston, Liverpool, England. Artists: Jonathan Aldous, Sigal Avni, Jan Bennett, Ken Byers, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Kim Fielding, June Kingsbury, Carrie
From 14th Oct “The Shrew Collective”
The Shrew Collective art exhibition at Woodside Ferry Terminal. An eclectic group of artists whose practices include painting, drawing, photography, video and installation – whatever floats our boat. The first floor function suite at Woodside has an intriguing nostalgic atmosphere (shades of Keep the Aspidistra Flying) and close views of the river. Artists, in chronological
From 14th Oct Therese Lundberg : Biro Beaurue
Therese Lundberg presents a solo exhibition @ museumMANs ANOTHER VACANT SPACE Swedish artist Therese Lundberg presents her first solo exhibition in Liverpool at museumMANs ANOTHER VACANT SPACETherese Lundberg is a conceptual artist who navigates the dimensions of space in a performative mapping of pre existing architectual forms in sublime and interpretive action. Event Type Exhibition
From 15th Oct Therese Lundberg Trolleys World Tea Party by Baroness Dotty von Wehr
A sunday afternoon tea party with cello soloist MANsanothervacantspaceanothervacantspaceanothervacantspace TROLLEYs WORLD TEA PARTY conducted by proxyBaroness Dotty von Wehrunder the banner of TOFFEEs TEA PARTY accompanied by solo cellist and THERESE LUNDBERGs permortavive traces sunday15october20064pm MANsanothervacantspace25 Parliament StreetLiverpoolL8(entrance Jamaica Street) artscouncilengland liverpoolbiennialindependents
From 15th Sep “At last something different!” by Alan Martindale
A collection of evocative paintings…”at last something different!” on Monday 28 August 2006 My paintings are crafted over a period of time to delight with colour, composition and content, leaping out, questioning and provoking the viewer, evocative, lively and intrigueing images constructed using the artist’s lifelong ethic namely to… Look with the eyes of children,
From 15th Sep “Ballet Mechcanique” by Ben Parry & Jacques Chauchat
Mobile Artwork With the desire and laughter of consumerism Jacques Chauchat from Paris and Ben Parry from Liverpool unite forces to create a sonic junk street machine. A fully charged 1975 Milk Float and the detritus of the city undergo a metamorphosis to become the electro-mechanic orchestra. Forty-five cubic metres of KLING, CLUNK, SLASH and
From 15th Sep “Blueprints II Berlin”
Museum MAN ANOTHER VACANT SPACE Blueprints II Blueprints II Berlin – Contributing Artists Baroness von wehr Deutschland DAVID MEDALLA fillpines/UK DANIEL C: BOYER USA NINO RUJIE NAPOLI ITALY Tony Knox: LIverpool, UK Catherine KERTZ KÖFBACH AUSTRIa THERESE LUNDBERG GÖTEBORG SWEDEN Gaynor Everlyn Sweeney : LIverpool,UK GIORGOS NOUVAkIS BARCELONA SPAIN GRUPPO SIMESTEICO SASSU ITALY ENZO MORINO
From 15th Sep “Cape Farewell – Art and Climate Change”
Created by David Buckland, Cape Farewell has led three expeditions into the wild, beautiful and icy High Arctic Art in a Changing Climate Cape Farewell – The Art of Climate Change National Museums Liverpool: 16 September – 26 November, open daily 10am-5pmLiverpool School of Art & Design 68 Hope Street Gallery: 12 September – 6
From 15th Sep “Digital Art Show”
Online Exhibition of Worldwide Digital ArtThe digitalshow.co.uk website shows online-only exhibitions of high quality digital art. The first exhibition is part of the 2006 Liverpool Biennial Independents.The site will continue with further exhibitions and a permanent archive of all shows.Entry is open to all worldwide Digital Art for the purposes of this exhibition is defined
From 15th Sep “Gumbo” by arklo
Gumbo on-line – no need to get out of your chair“Gumbo” on-line S: So tell me about the new pieceP: “Gumbo”S: It’s a soup?P: Kinda – various ingredients, cooked up S: So it’s food?P: More a history …More www.arklo.com Event Type Exhibition Artist Name arklo Venue Name Online Venue Address NA Post Code NA Telephone
From 15th Sep “Half cut for confidence” by Tim Ellis
‘coffee table’ paintings These ‘coffee table’ paintings show yesterday’s magazines printed with last weeks news a year into the future! This is the latest work by Liverpool based talent, Tim Ellis. It is his farewell to the city before starting his MA at the prestigious Royal Academy. Event Type Exhibition Artist Name Tim Ellis
From 15th Sep “Inaugural”
A curators choice of some of the finest figurative painters working, living or born in the North West. This is the launch exhibition of Cube noir, Liverpool’s newest and coolest exhibition space. It is housed in The Albany, a beautiful refurbished Victorian building designed by JK Colling, who also designed the National Portrait Gallery. The
From 15th Sep “Lebanon” curated by Mai Ghoussoub & Souheil Sleiman
Museum MAN Mai Ghoussoub was Born in Lebanon Mai Ghoussoub studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts Lebanese University before graduating from AUB (American University of Beirut). She moved to London during the war in Lebanon and studied sculpture at Morley College (Henry Moore Studio) and co-founded Saqi Books. Since the 1980’s she has been
From 15th Sep “Nothing is Private” – Nina Edge
Public exhibition of a once private space threatened by public Nothing is Private 5 bedrooms, 2 reception, large newly fitted kitchen, bathroom and second WC.Next to the world-renowned Princes Park, with good amenities, great neighbours, and excellent transport connections. Public authorities have declared their intent to demolish this and similar houses in The Welsh Streets,
From 15th Sep “Paradise in Parklands” by John Davies
Large colour photographs of Chavasse Park in central Liverpool made during the archaeology “dig” and the subsequent excavation and construction works of the same site for the Paradise development. These documentary photographs can be seen in Parklands Community Library in Speke – a few minutes drive from Liverpool Airport. Additional prints can be seen in
From 15th Sep “Score draw paintings” by Gareth Kemp
An exhibition of paintings by Gareth Kemp inspired by the beautiful game, showing that football, like art, has a knack of imitating and reflecting life and the world it exists in All paintings are for salle Event Type Exhibition Artist Name Gareth Kemp Venue Name Cube noir Venue Address The Albany building,8 Old Hall
From 15th Sep “Somewhere” by Chris Turrell and Jola Kurzeja – Ryan
Group exhibition of ceramic sculpture in Lewis’s department store.To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis’s department store and the 50th anniversary of The Spirit of Liverpool statue by Epstein on the front of the building, 20 local artists were invited to display their work in order to highlight the diverse range of contemporary sculpture being
From 15th Sep “Soup versus Gazpacho”
Artists who work within the Liverpool Art World slog it out in an exhibition with a competitive edge. This exhibition showcases work produced by workers of two of Liverpool’s biggest art institutions. Usually these artists work behind the scenes as curators, information assistants, art handlers, educators but during the biennial there will be a role
From 15th Sep “The Caravan Gallery is back in town”
A photographic odyssey in a caravan: distressingly perceptive, seriously thought provoking, beautifully absurd The Caravan Gallery is a mobile exhibition venue and visual arts project run by Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale (authors of ‘Welcome to Britain – a celebration of real life’) who are on a mission to photograph the ordinary and extraordinary details
From 15th Sep “The China Pavilion”
Exhibition of 4 prominent Chinese artists taking place in several locations in the public domain. The exhibition is a group show of prominent Chinese artists, commissioned to produce new work for the Liverpool Biennial 2006. Curator: Gu Zhenqing Assistant Curator: Leo Xu Work1. Shen Shaomin: ‘Hua Biao from China’, 2006, InstallationThe Hua Biao is a
From 15th Sep “The Northwest Passage” by Mcfaul and Love
From 15th Sep “The Northwest Passage” by Mcfaul and Love The Northwest passage is an imaginative conduit for two of the most provocative and enquiring design studios, Mcfaul and Love, whose origins root firmly in the Northwest. Taking its inspiration from the tidal ebb and flow of the Mersey and the constant flux of people
From 15th Sep “Window Paintings” by Brendan Lyons
Window frames on derelict buildings are transformed into a series of new paintings. Glancing up at the 1st floor windows of a block of derelict buildings on Knight Street – the viewer may see a series of windows showing the effects of years of neglect. The window frames and glass have been ‘patched-up’ sometime in
From 16th Sep “Do as I say, not as I do”
Exhibition of works by Liverpool Hope University Fine Art and Design StaffThe Cornerstone Gallery presents an Exhibition of recent works by Liverpool Hope University’s Fine Art and Design Staff. The staff most of whom have exhibited extensively nationwide and internationally are comprised of artists, designers and makers in wood, Jewellery, ceramics, textiles, painting, printmaking and
From 16th Sep “museumMANliverpool – blurprintofthesenses”
BLURredPRINTS Museum MANANOTHER VACANT SPACEpresents THIS COMING FALL BLURPRINTS-Models and Instruction in an Age of Uncertainty Since 2001 in Berlin the convergeance of the found collection of paraphanelia that spelt a city’s history through the life of one mans remnants strewn in a former DDR apartment and the twinning of collections from journies in and
From 16th Sep “Natural Succession” by Kerry Morrison
Mapping urban wastelands to investigate their ecological value and their potential for ‘experiencing wildlife’ “Natural Succession” is a process led art and ecology project initiated by environmental artist Kerry Morrison and botanist Dr Alicia Prowse.Morrison and Prowse’s shared interest in plants that grow in the wrong places has resulted in a collaborative partnership, investigations
From 16th Sep “Noise Festival”
Exhibition of work by artists under the age of 25 working in painting, drawing, sculpture and new media, selected by Stella Vine. Event Type Exhibition Venue Name View Two Gallery Venue Address 23 Mathew StreetLiverpool Post Code L2 6RE Telephone 0151 236 9444 Event Start (dd/mm/yyyy) 16/08/2006 Event Finishes 21/09/2006 Opening Times Tues-Fri 12:00 –
From 16th Sep “Porn Chic” by Nicola Bockelmann
Large scale paintings depicting reworked everyday images from raunchy glossy ads. In 2005 Nicola Bockelmann received a grant from Arts Council England to produce large scale paintings depicting risque images taken from everyday advertisements. Her exhibition aims to raise awareness of the increasing use of pornographic elements in advertisements – a phenomenon called ‘Porn Chic’.
From 16th Sep “Synchretic Prophesies” by David Medalla
Museum MAN ANOTHER VACANT SPACE “Syncretic Prophecies” is a development of an impromptu performance by David Medalla which he created in Liverpool in 1999 at the start of the first Liverpool Biennial Invited to come to Merseyside by his friend James Moores, the Filipino artist David Medalla remembered the time when he visited Liverpool in
From 16th Sep “The Beirut Series and its Effect on Global Warming”
Watercolours by Nadim Karam Nadim KaramWith a background that fuses Oriental and Japanese theories of space, Nadim Karam went on to create his own concepts, like ‘micropluralism’, ‘the architecture of performance’, and ‘story-telling architecture’. ‘Hapsitus’ (the unpredictable outcome of choreographed openings and situations) he chose for the name of his firm, founded in 1996. His
From 16th Sep “The Community Gallery” by The Art Organisation
A social networking hub for local groups and individuals. 52 Roscoe St, The Community Gallery. This space has been open for over a year now, and operates as a social networking hub for local groups and individuals, accommodating a diverse variety of artwork from the Liverpool community and hosting the weekly Living Market and Juggling
From 16th Sep “The International Gallery” by The Art Organisation
The International Gallery houses artists from around the world.34 Slater St. The International Gallery. This dedicated art space houses artists from around the world. A kaleidoscope of culture, from China, Japan, Canada, Australia, Poland, France, Spain, Canary Islands, Austria, and the UK, responding to the city and each other in a revolving program of exhibitions.
From 16th Sep “The Living Gallery” – a meta~conceptual gallery
The Art Organisation 102 Seel St – The Living Gallery and artist hostel, for participating TAO members. The 18th century listed terraced house has not been lived in for well over 30 years. This example of artistic regeneration has transformed the former Ryan-Woods Antiques into a life-art experience – by appointment only. Event Type Exhibition
From 16th Sep “The Projection Gallery” by The Art Organisation
The Projection gallery facilitates multi media, film club and art house cinema. 2 Roscoe St – The Projection Gallery. This venue facilitates multi media, film club and art house cinema. With its sculpted auditorium and large screen, it naturally accommodates intimate theatre style performance alongside a program of weekday evening screenings and scheduled weekend events.
From 16th Sep “The Re-evolutionary Art Space” by The Art Organisation
The Re-evolutionary Art Space – shattering the confines of the educational environment 11 Wolstenholme Sq – The Revolutionary Arts Space. This post graduate focussed project is aimed at shattering the confines of the educational environment by encouraging new artists to tackle inspiration head on and manifest a new reality from dereliction. With three scheduled
From 16th Sep “The Ropewalks Gallery” by The Art Organisation
The Ropewalks Gallery – an exhibition of change. The Ropewalks Gallery.Liverpool is an exhibition of change. As one meanders between The Meta ~Conceptual Galleries of The Art Organisation’s Regeneration Art Project, keep your eyes open, the street is a voice… Event Type Exhibition Artist Name members of The Art Organisation Venue Name The Ropewalks Venue
From 16th Sep “The Sefton Park Walk”
This guided audio walk explores the acoustics of the park in their organic state, its music, its lyrics.The Sefton Park Walk: An Audio Walk for People that do not do Audio Walks. The Sefton Park Walk is a guided audio tour of a specific area of Liverpool’s landmark park that explores the boundaries between sound,
From 16th Sep “Transmute”….state of change
Amanda P.Oliphant and Susan C.Sharples – artworks responding to the city in transition. TRANSMUTE is a collection of mixed-media sculptures and wall based reliefs influenced by the city being in an evolutionary state of change. Amanda’s work represents the condemned buildings which illustrate the co-existence of man-made decay and the indefatigable growth of nature. The
From 16th Sep “Works” by He Yun Chang
Major new exhibition and live performance by China’s leading performance artist He Yun Chang is the leading performance artist of his generation working in China. The first solo exhibition in the UK by He Yun Chang takes place simultaneously in the Independents District of the Liverpool Biennial and at Spacex, Exeter. The exhibitions showcase large
From 16th Sep museumMANliverpool blurprintofthesenses
BLURredPRINTS – History of Disappearance – videos of performance artists Museum MAN LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2006 FRANKLIN FURNACE/MOMA History of Disappearance List of videos of performance artists MARTHA WILSON Franklin FURNACE/MOMA Ron Athey “Four Scenes in a Harsh Life” Patty Chang “Fountain” Billy X. Curmano “Swimming the Mississippi” Deborah Edmeades “The Fancy Ladies” John Fleck “I
From 17th Oct “Eight Days A Week” Newspaper Launch
Discussion forum and launch party at Static for Eight Days A Week Newspaper. Launch party for Eight Days A Week Newspaper – containing articles about Liverpool’s culture and relationship with Europe. There will be a discussion forum and launch party to mark the launch of a newspaper being published by Eight Dyas A Week: Liverpool/
From 17th Sep “Round One Way”
Group show from a diverse range of artists working in different media The first of two shows curated by two local artists bringing together a number of Liverpool based artists and a selection of artists from across the NorthWest and the rest of the country (and beyond). Each show consists of about 20 artists, working
From 18th Nov ‘Wireless’
An exhibition of new work by 23 artists The culmination of a project giving artists based in and around Liverpool and Manchester the opportunity to meet and work together for one week. All applicants were guaranteed entry into the project and the 23 participants have worked together in an effort to create an exhibition which
From 18th Sep “Flitch Swicking Lifters” by Neko
Installation by Neko at Neko ‘Flitch Swicking Lifters’ is the second exhibition by artist NEKO since this small gallery space, of the same name, opened in 2005.Drawing, poetry and painting are fused together in an installation that celebrates the fundamentals of NEKO’s creative expression. Event Type Exhibition Artist Name NEKO Venue Name NEKO
From 18th Sep “I-Saw”
Photography exhibition at Eggspace – curated by Dyingfrog The exhibition will include photographs of buildings, places etc. in Liverpool which may be considered by some to be an “eyesore”. It will examine perceptions of beauty and the grotesque in the built environment and engage people in debate about the current re-development of the city. There
From 18th Sep “Tony Phillips retrospective”
Paintings, drawings and prints at University of Liverpool Gallery Tony Phillips was born in Liverpool in 1952. This retrospective includes works from across his career, during which he has worked in Lancaster, Shrewsbury and Italy. Themes of concern include consumerism, capitalism, the dislocation of humans from nature and the layering of history. Key paintings are
From 1st Nov “White/Night” @ Gallery4allarts
“White / Night” – exhibition 1st November – 30th November 2006 Group Art Exhibition of local and international artists (UK, Georgia, Japan, Romania, Hungary)Exhibiting artists:Richard Ashworth, Claire Baites, Nicole Bartos, Radu Bimbea, Kate Dadiani, Melinda Farkas, Fonchon Frunlich, Andor Komives, Akice Lenkiewicz, Lucia Lobont, Xia Lou, Mikail Maharadze, Emil Moritz, Sharon Mutch, Nagachoo, Nathan Pendlebury,
From 1st Nov Field presents ‘Story of a Hero’
Artwork produced during residency with artists Tony Knox and Lisa Barry as part of Independents Biennial Liverpool Exhibition ‘FIELD presents Story of a Hero’ in St Helens at 5athegallery from 1-25 November Pupils at De La Salle High School in St Helens have been engaged in a 16-day artist residency with two professional artists. The
From 1st Oct “Hansel & Grettel” by Suzanne Ashall
An Interative Installation which explores the theme of Innocence, Desire and Fear “An incredibly well considered installation, with just the right balance of sweeping darkness and kitsch lite to tantalise and horrify a diverse audience.” Ceri Hand (Director of Exhibitions at The FACT) 06 Review. Hansel & Grettel is a large-scale multi sensory experience. A
From 1st Oct “Is It Art?” at Good Taste Gallery
An exhibition of Contemporary Art from local Artists. When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden’s green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,Till the Devil
From 1st Oct Transvoyeur Artists Talks: Liverpool and New York 2006
A selection of artist talks on the work researched and developed by Liverpool and New York artists. Transvoyeur Artists Talks: Liverpool and New York 2006 Venue: Go to www.transvoyeur.co.uk for updates. Artists: Liverpool:Agata Alcaniz, Gianni Bianchini, Brendan Byrne, Jo Derbyshire, Sumer Erek, Dorrie Halliday, Elzabeth Heritage, Tony Knox, George Lund, Charles Nuttall, Catherine Shea,
From 1st Oct Transvoyeur Exhibition: Liverpool and New York 2006
An exhibition of art researched and developed by Liverpool and New York artists. Transvoyeur Exhibition: Liverpool and New York 2006 Venue: Go to www.transvoyeur.co.uk for updates. Artists: Liverpool:Agata Alcaniz, Gianni Bianchini, Brendan Byrne, Jo Derbyshire, Sumer Erek, Dorrie Halliday, Elzabeth Heritage, Tony Knox, George Lund, Charles Nuttall, Catherine Shea, Gary Sollars, Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.New York:Lara
From 1st Oct Transvoyeur Performance Art Platform: Liverpool and New York 2006 – Part (1)
A selection of performances researched and developed by Liverpool and New York artists. Transvoyeur Performance Art Platform: Liverpool and New York 2006 – Part (1) Venue: Go to www.transvoyeur.co.uk for updates. Artists: Liverpool:Agata Alcaniz, Gianni Bianchini, Brendan Byrne, Jo Derbyshire, Sumer Erek, Dorrie Halliday, Elzabeth Heritage, Tony Knox, George Lund, Charles Nuttall, Catherine Shea, Gary
From 21st Sep “Instant Thoughts” or “Poetry on Ice”
Inner energy resources and inner space in a context of Freedom Showing facets of personal expression within various reflective contexts, the exhibition introduces a combination of elements such as Material structure, interpretation of hidden Nature, Time flow and personal Energy. New mixed media and ceramic works created by Nicole Bartos, Liverpool based artist of Romanian-Hungarian
From 22nd Sep “Tim Brunsden – Liverpool Stories”
Video screenings from Liverpool Stories and artists videos worldwide Tim Brunsden and Sam Meech have been compiling the biography of Liverpool through interviews and films of the city and its inhabitants.Their work can be seen on www.liverpool-stories.com Event Type Screening Artist Name Tim Brunsden and Sam Meech Venue Name ANOTHER VACANT SPACE Venue Address
From 22nd Sep “Un sou pour vos pensees” by Martin Hamblen
A penny for your thoughts. I will give you a penny and ask you what you are thinking about. I will give passers by a penny for their thoughts. I will give you a penny and ask you what you are thinking. Event Type Performance Artist Name Martin Hamblen Venue Name none Venue Address Varoius
From 23rd Oct “Reflections” by Stephen Collett
at The Peoples Centre 50-54 Mount Pleasant Stephen Collett“As a young artist my work is constantly evolving. My inspiration stems from anything I perceive to be beautiful. I will often develop a painting from a small part of an image or a sketch, celebrating the abstract nature of detail out of context.I love to focus
From 23rd Oct “Shops” by FrenchMottershead
Customers of selected shops are invited to participate in an artwork, a performance for camera. Shops invites customers and staff of selected Liverpool shops to participate in an artwork. Customers will be provided with an instruction after each transaction – whispered by sales staff or stamped on receipts – specifying a time to return to
From 25th Oct “Pacific Avenue” by Marcus Young
Performative action through the streets of Liverpool Part of an ongoing multi-city project, Young walks a busy commercial, iconic street, 3-4 hours each day. Walking at a snail’s pace, he greets his street companions; his slow-walking and smiling seems out of place and ineffective on the busy urban street. Through the accumulation of small steps,
From 26th Oct “Everything You Wanted To Know About Access In The City, But Were Afraid To Ask:2
Live art coach tour “Everything You Wanted To Know About Access In The City, But Were Afraid To Ask” Architectural coach tour by Mat Fraser and Max Zadow, whose bitter irony, cruel humour and strong disability narrative will inform this surreal yet often factual tour. Discover the lack of physical and cultural access to buildings
From 26th Oct “Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers”
This interactive installation and presentation explores the unique world and culture of the Borrowers. In 2002, Kazuko Hohki abandoned a lucrative career as research chemist to set up the Borrowers International Network, to prove the existence of small people who live under floorboards. This interactive installation and presentation explores the unique world and culture of
From 26th Oct “re: Incident On and Off”
Durational performance Cast adrift in Liverpool’s retail environment, fictional dogshelf theatre company (Joanne “Bob” Whalley and Lee Miller) are all at sea as they contemplate familiar markers and routes being washed away. Trapped behind windows and TV screens, they try to make contact with passers by, attempting to provide a temporary anchor in the city.
From 26th Oct “Routes” by Quasim Riza Shaheen
A guide to the devotional marks left by Muslims across the city of Liverpool. Use the navigational map to trace the architectural and cultural ethos of Liverpool.Aim: to unravel religion in geographical identities.Navigate: these symbols into new meanings. Yet witness the Muslim’s indent on the landscape through personal testimony to faith. Pick up the map
From 26th Oct “The Picture Box” Presented by Caustic Widows
26-28th October @ The Unity Theatre Performance Times Vary A multimedia performance designed for three spectators exploring femininity and the voyeuristic nature of humanity. Each performance lasts approx. 20mins. There are three performance each day. The Picture Box is a witty and unnerving experience designed for three spectators exploring what it is to be feminine.
From 27th Oct “The Transient Radio Lab” by LIGNA
An intervention consisting of short choreographies. Since 1995 the performances of German free radio group LIGNA (media theorists and artists Ole Frahm, Michael Hüners, and Torsten Michaelsen) have investigated radio’s capacity to create uncontrollable situations. This series of short choreographies will study the effects of dispersing deviant behaviour, suggesting gestures and activities that deviate from
From 27th Oct “To My Island” by Action Hero
Site based performance in a secret location. Action Hero (Arnolfini Associate Artists.Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse) begin an epic voyage amongst the urban landscape in search of a better place, a place to call their own, a small slice of paradise to say ‘this is mine’.‘We’ll mark it with an x and put up our
From 28th Oct “Here Whilst We Walk” by Gustavo Ciríaco/ Andrea Sonnberger
Silent group walk through the city. This silent journey through the city is inspired by the long tradition that links walking to the production of thought and awareness, a changing contact with a space that moves and is moved instantaneously. Event Type Performance Artist Name Gustavo Ciríaco and Andrea Sonnberger Venue Address Liverpool city centre
From 28th Sep “Dyingfrog & St. Nick’s Artist Residencies”
Three artists exhibiting in Liverpool’s oldest parish church. Programme Invitation Exhibition of work by 3 Liverpool-based artists at St. Nicholas Church. There will be a discussion forum on 28th September. This exhibition shows the work of three artists who have undertaken residencies at St. Nicholas Parish Church (opposite the Liver Buildings). The artists have been
From 29th Sep “Contagion” by Barbara Jones
Exploring the subject matter of disease through site-specific installation work. For “Contagion” I will create a site-specific installation using artwork which will be inspired by the research work undertaken at the School of Tropical Medicine into cures for diseases such as Malaria, T.B. and A.I.D.S. I consider that the subject of disease is part of
From 29th Sep “Fire & Eurhythmy”
A group exhibition promoting Contemporary Japanese artists next to Liverpool artists. Organised by Nicole Bartos. A group exhibition showing works by artists from Liverpool area and Japan. Curated by Nicole Bartos. Fire & Eurhythmy and Nagachoo – press release “Physical form is built out of movement come to rest. So too our feelings, thoughts and
From 29th Sep “Meadow”
1000 school children turn plastic bottles into flowers for a meadow A 10 m square floor based installation meadow, made entirely from throwaway plastics – made by school children in Merseyside to help educate them about recycling and landfill. Event Type Exhibition Artist Name ticky Lowe Venue Name albert dock Venue Address Albert DockLiverpool Post
From 29th Sep “The Secret Histroy Of Intent”
Multidimensionalhypermongrel(Self Portrait) Multidimensionalhypermongrel(Self Portrait) constructed of inflatables, installed and framed by a window at the old abandoned pump house, Birkenhead docks. Using the buildings strength and integrity to house display and preserve the inflatable self portrait for the forseable future, until the building (which cannot be demolished due to it being listed) collapses. Providing the
From 29th Sep Transvoyeur Performance Art Platform 2006 – Part (2)
A live art platform of diverse artists from the Transvoyeur collective and international guest artists. Transvoyeur Performance Art Platform 2006 – Part (2) Venue: View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool, L2 6RE, England. Artists: Sassu Antonio, Jeimy Marisol Martínez Galavíz, Jo Gough and Emma Sweeney, Invigilation Revenge (June Hobson and Etal), Wendalena Kaye,
From 2nd Nov “)BracketTHIS( III”
Mercy will be expanding on the )BracketTHIS( project with a month long exhibition and series of performance events. Since its inception, the )BracketTHIS( project has developed into an on going investigation into contemporary culture. The forthcoming exhibition is structured around the idea of ‘going native’, and will explore the interactions within cultural diversity. Artists from
From 30th Oct Embargo
Exhibition curated by Neil Morris and Mike Walton Event Type Exhibition Venue Name LJMU school of Art & Design Venue Address Liverpool School of Art and Design68 Hope StreetLiverpool Post Code L1 9EB Telephone 0151 231 5190 Email
From 3rd Oct “A Womans Frame” @ Liverpool Arcade
Eight Merseyside women artists, each with their own unique styles. Eight Merseyside women artists, each with their own unique styles, have joined together to create this wonderfully varied exhibition. Janet Cobbold Jan Bentley Sue Wade Chris Black June Lornie Agnes Johnson Marie McGowan Maria Shuttleworth Each with their own unique styles, have joined together to
From 3rd Oct “Red Dot Exhibition paintings, photography & installations
Red Dot Exhibition paintings, photography & installations Red Dot Exhibiitons, a Liverpool-based artist collective, stage an exhibition at the TAO run Community Gallery at 52 Roscoe Street (adjacent to the Grapes pub). Artists involved are Lisa Ashcroft, Claire Stringer, Sue Milburn, Colin Serjent, Nicola Fitzsimmons, Jane Fairhurst, Claire Chambers, Leon Jakeman, Jon Nash, John O’Neill
From 3rd Oct “World in One City” by Joshua Sofaer
Acoustiguide City Tour of Liverpool Biennial. Hear the city like you’ve never heard it before! An audio tour of highlights of Liverpool Biennial’s public artworks and beyond by artist Joshua Sofaer. Select a character to tell you what’s what, all in entirely fake national languages of the artists themselves. Hear the city like you’ve never
From 5th October “The Beaten Path” by Michelle Jones
A photographic journey through Liverpool’s streets, emphasising the colour, pattern and texture we pass by everyday. The Beaten Path is a large tiled photo mural displayed on an exterior wall in St Peters Square in the City Centre. It documents my journey through the streets of the City. With each hand printed tile I have
From 6th Oct “We Are Waking The Sleeping Giant”
Help us to wake up the Giant! There are twelve ancient Giants sleeping throughout the world. One of them is in Liverpool and it’s dreaming as it sleeps. It’s dreaming a dream of waking up, and everyone coming to the Liverpool Biennial is part of the Giant’s dream. It’s calling to us to help it
From 7th Nov “Making the Invisible Visible” by Diana Krilova
Exhibition of Drawings Diana Krilova Exhibition of drawings and paintings – a contemplation around the theme trying to show that things surrounding us in our everyday life, even if they are so small and unnoticeable, have a meaning and a certain impact on our life. Event Type Exhibition Artist Name Diana
From 7th Oct “dot-art Group Show”
A diverse exhibtion of local artists work, presented in a 4 bedroom show home. dot-art is delighted to introduce a diverse exhibition of work by local Merseyside artists. We have teamed up with Redrow homes, to turn a show home at their Cressington Heath development in Garston into a temporary art gallery. These artists have
From 8th Oct “Brinksmanship”
A group show from a diverse range of artists working in different media. The second of two shows curated by two local artists bringing together a number of Liverpool based artists and a selection of artists from across the NorthWest and the rest of the country (and beyond). Each show consists of about 20 artists,
From 9th Nov Cecilia Matson ‘Paintings in Ink’
Landscapes ‘with a brutal immediacy which match the subject matter’ (Phil Key, Daily Post 2005). In this exhibition Matson continues to paint urban landscapes and is inspired to chart a city’s aspects and moods by recording its very fabric. She continues to see the subject ‘as an event to be celebrated, a human achievement
From 9th Oct “Triumph of Stuckism”
Curated by Naive John of the Liverpool Stuckists. This exhibition should prove a wonderful opportunity to advance the relationship which has developed between Stuckism and the North West of England after the unqualified success of the Stuckists Punk Victorian Show held at the Walker Gallery 2004 – 2005.Curated by Naive John of the Liverpool Stuckists.