Highlights so far - Sparling St (Pilkingtons) Leandro Erlich 'carousel', Tomas Saraceno 'air-port-city', Yayoi Kusama 'gleaming lights of the souls'. At the the Bluecoat - Royal Art Lodge, Sarah Sze and David Blandy 'mingering mike', Tracy Moffatt 'disaster'. At Tate Liverpool Ged Quin, he is also in the John Moores 25 (nice but not the picture I chose for the prize)
Ian is impressed with Terry Duffy's 'monuments' at Martins Bank and the 'Liverpool International Artists' at the Contemporary Urban Centre and at FACT U-Ram Choe installation 'Hidden Shadow of Moon'.
Curve Gallery till 04.10.2008 - Exhibition: Hannah Fray, Joe Bampton & Emily Speed explore relationships between architecture and homelessness, memory & personal space.
Also been seen was the maiden voyage of Jump Ship Rat's U51 boat / mobile waterfall at the weekend. Still some adjustments to make but should be there again on Thursday eve 5-7 then sat/sun at 2-4pm.
Also Tracey Emin's 'For You' neon in cathedral which says 'I felt you and knew that you loved me'
Coming Up
Lots of talks / tours etc. at Biennial/ Bluecoat/ Tate etc.
LE CORBUSIER - THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE - 2 October 2008 – 18 January 2009
Open: 11.00 – 18.00 daily - An exhibition by Vitra Design Museum in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust and the Netherlands Architecture Institute. In The Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Ticket prices £6, concessions £4 (RIBA members, senior citizens, students in full-time education, job seekers, registered disabled).
Wolstenholme Screenings - October. The Halfmoon Files - 11 Wolstenholme Sq. - 02.10.2008. 7.30pm
Screenings: For our monthly screening event, the Biennial sees guest curators select the films. For October artist Paul Rooney selects. The Halfmoon Files by Philip Scheffner (an artist/musician/documentary maker from Berlin) 87 mins Read more about Wronteous
Draw, Exhibit and Exchange
St John's Gardens, St George's Hall 03.10.2208 - 06.10.2008 Live Art: mobile C'Art Gallery offers an exchange of drawings and conversation for as long as it takes to complete a drawing and an exchange
Michelle Molyneux: Assumption and Perceptions at Williamson Art Gallery Viewing 03.10.2008 19.00 - 21.00
An ongoing journey of trading the casting shadow of indifference in, for a creative engagement with the world around us.
Exhibition continues until 16.11.2008