Tracing the Century: Drawing as a Catalyst for Change
Linda Pittwood tours a sexually charged and meditative exhibition and asks: is drawing having a moment? If this exhibition was to come up with a definition of drawing – which it deliberately...
Biennial 2012: Expectant Hosts?
What happens when a guest is treated very much as an unexpected one? Joe Zhu found himself in exactly that position… With every Liverpool Biennial of course comes a theme. Whether it be...
Biennial 2012: Last Chance to See
Postpone no more – as the end of the Biennial draws near, we sum up what you absolutely can’t afford to miss … How time has flown. This year’s Biennial started mid-September with...
Homotopia: Habibi Problem
Andy Johnson explores a moving true story of love, pain and persecution, under the umbrella of one of our most successful festivals … Homotopia, the international festival of queer arts and culture, is now...
Studio Series: Interactive LSAD
Software and interactive tech teacher Andy Freeney shows us around the Digital Media Studio at Liverpool School of Art and Design … Hi Andy! Please describe your studio space. It’s on the second...
Artist of the Month: Michael Lacey
Meet our Artist of the Month, a man as adept at painting and collage as he is at comics … It’s not often that an artist fesses up to being influenced by their...
Unsettle @ Metal, Liverpool Biennial 2012
Jon Davies finds HIVE in scintillating form in a recreation of the Pendle witch trials at Metal… Whenever the HIVE team are involved in a large scale audiovisual project in Liverpool you know...
Guest, Unexpected
Chinese journalist Joe Zhu on his remarkable embodiment of the theme at this year’s Biennial… Heading back to my hometown, here I am at Amsterdam airport with 2 hours waiting for transport. I’m...
Random Acts: Artists Interventions into Broadcast
Linda Pittwood finds that, despite the pervasive and ubiquitous internet, TV remains a powerful medium for the message … Dangerous Games is a powerful new video artwork by Marina Abramovic, and is a complete...