Give It Everything You’ve Got
Responding to yesterday’s massive funding cuts, and ahead of the International Festival of Business 2014, Laura Brown argues that we need a whole new approach to arts giving in Liverpool, otherwise we risk losing...
“I burst out laughing at the sight of a lobster arching through the air.” Cabinet of Curiosities
Dodging vegetable masks and flying lobsters, C James Fagan wonders how to describe last night’s live performance by Filippos Tsitsopoulos… In this crazy world of art you discover that there are at least two...
Jamie Shovlin’s Hiker Meat — Reviewed
Hoaxes, exploitation and monsters: Lauren Velvick explores Jamie Shovlin’s latest exhibition and discovers a pervading sense of giddiness… Jamie Shovlin’s Hiker Meat explores the labour of, and mythology surrounding, low budget or amateur...
Out of Ice: Elizabeth Ogilvie
Oli Rahman speaks to an artist intrigued by glacial landscapes, our relationship with water, and the impending “apocalyptic ice melt”… Over the past decade Scottish artist Elizabeth Ogilvie has been exploring the theme of...
The Architecture of Behaviour
C James Fagan considers the impact that artist and architect Gordon Matta-Clark has had on our impressions of the built environment… Not to sound creepy but… have you ever watched people? Especially people in...
The Value of Time Spent
As part of his latest exhibition, FACT Director Mike Stubbs considers the effects digital technology is having on our working life, and asks: is our understanding of the eight hour day still relevant?...
Why Are Regional Arts Festivals Important?
Are regional arts festivals important, and if so, why? Emma Sumner investigates what a festival can do for a town’s community spirit… A small industrial town in-between Liverpool and Manchester, Warrington is probably...
Palle Nielsen: The Model
Curator Stephanie Straine introduces us to a unique 1960s intervention that continues to question authority, societal norms and the very definition of art… Tate Liverpool’s ground floor gallery features an archival presentation of artist...
IFB 2014: What’s In It For Me? Part One
The International Festival of Business (IFB) lands in Liverpool this summer. But what opportunities will there be for arts and culture businesses? We asked a range of experts to shed some light… There’s...