Staring Into The Abyss: Anselm Kiefer
It’s the smash hit exhibition making audiences — and critics — swoon. But what did we think of the Anselm Kiefer retrospective at the Royal Academy? Laura Robertson finds Herzog, Van Gogh and...
Culture Diary w/c 24-11-2014
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — Hockney: Live from LA 7pm @ FACT, Liverpool — £10/8 “When I’m working,...
Artefacts, Anarchy & Evolution: Exploring The Serving Library
Currently installed at Tate Liverpool, and both a progression from the traditional public library and a mysterious hybrid of the Internet, Maisie Ridgway evaluates The Serving Library… In recent years, artists and curators...
Cornerstone Arts Festival — The Highlights
Exploring pre-Vivaldi Venice, Metadesign and male identity through contemporary dance, this year’s Cornerstone Festival at Liverpool Hope University is a truly diverse one, finds Heather Garner… Tonight, Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus opens its doors to...
Type Motion — Reviewed
Just what does ‘Schriftfilme’ mean? And how exactly do you present a traditional film archive in a contemporary gallery space for a new audience? Jack Roe visits FACT’s new ‘type in motion’ exhibition to find out…...
Ritual, Magic & Slapstick: The Kazimier’s Silent Film Revival
Adam Scovell looks forward to the next Silent Liverpool event, showcasing the tragicomedy of Larry Semon and the avant-garde choreography of Maya Deren… Silent film is a description that is at once a...
Culture Diary w/c 17-11-2014
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday –Invasion of the Body Snatchers Re-issue (1956/2014) 6pm @ FACT, Liverpool — £10/8 Regularly...
The Skewed Mirror Of Gretchen Bender
Barbara Kruger and Cindy Sherman were her peers, but little is known about multimedia artist Gretchen Bender. C. James Fagan visits a new retrospective at Tate Liverpool to explore Bender’s backlash against “immoral consumerism”… Plato...
The Big Interview: Jamie Shovlin
Metafiction, media manipulation and Charles Saatchi: Linda Pittwood enters the world of artist Jamie Shovlin as they discuss fake archiving and his recent residency at the Bluecoat, Liverpool… Hi Jamie. It’s very nice to...