From France to Liverpool 8: The Making of Lara Favaretto's Momentary Monument
Posted on 11 October 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
Lara Favaretto, Momentary Monument – The Stone, 2016. Photo: Mark McNulty
We follow the journey of Lara Favaretto’s towering artwork Momentary Monument – The Stone for the Biennial: a 10ft tall, 24-tonnes granite boulder on Liverpool's Welsh Streets. – Read more
Caring for Apollo and Making Presence through Dance: Adam Linder at Tate Liverpool
Posted on 8 October 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
Adam Linder, Choreographic Service No.4 – Some Strands of Support, 7 October 2016. Tate Liverpool. Photo: Mark McNulty
Adam Linder, Choreographic Service No.4 – Some Strands of Support, 7 October 2016. Tate Liverpool. Photo: Mark McNulty
Hair care for statues? We interview dancer and choreographer Adam Linder, who sets out to explore the fetishisation of objects and society’s obsession with their preservation through a three-day performance at Tate Liverpool. – Read more
Looking Backwards & Forwards: The 1985 Liverpool School Students’ Strike
Posted on 6 October 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
Koki Tanaka's recreation of the YTS 1985 School Students' Strike, 5 June 2016. Courtesy the artist
Koki Tanaka's recreation of the YTS 1985 School Students' Strike, 5 June 2016. Courtesy the artist
Explore different perspectives on the 1985 School Students’ Strike – a huge demonstration in Liverpool that saw 10,000 children take to the streets – which forms the basis for Koki Tanaka’s Biennial 2016 commission. – Read more
Cosmos, the Time Before Time and the Work of Arseny Zhilyaev
Posted on 5 October 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
Arseny Zhilyaev, The Last Planet Parade, 2016. Granby Street. Photo: Mark McNulty
Using artistic, political, scientific, and museological histories to uncover and propose potential futures, Russian-born artist Arseny Zhilyaev explores the space between fiction and non-fiction. – Read more
Addressing the Socio-Political at Biennial 2016
Posted on 5 October 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
From representations of trauma and the destruction of cultural heritage to the power of protest and the subversion through art, Helen Reynolds has detected a highly political slant to many of the artworks in Liverpool Biennial 2016. – Read more
Time Travel and the Politics of Water: Rita McBride at Toxteth Reservoir
Posted on 5 October 2016 by Guest Blogger
Rita McBride, Portal, 2016. Toxteth Reservoir. Photo: Joel Chester Fildes
Laura Rushton reflects on Rita McBride’s giant laser-light sculpture in the Victorian Toxteth Reservoir and the political significance of its setting. – Read more
Contemporary Art on Liverpool's Waterfront
Posted on 29 September 2016 by Liverpool Biennial
Betty Woodman, Liverpool Fountain, 2016. Photo: Joel Chester Fildes
Why not start your Liverpool Biennial 2016 journey by exploring the exhibitions and public artworks on Liverpool’s world famous waterfront? Sufea Mohamad Noor takes us on a suggested route. – Read more
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