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In the FACT bookshop until 15th September 2007
88 Wood Street
Liverpool L1 4 QD
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Hidden treasures revealed
LIVERPOOL is marking its 800th birthday with a special month-long Heritage Open Days programme.
The city has launched a national pilot which will extend the event beyond its usual 4-day run. Between August 30 and September 30, over 250 of Merseyside’s most famous sites will open their doors to the public – ranging from The Athenaeum to Anfield Cemetery. There will also be a full programme of associated events, including tours, walks and family activities.
Heritage Open Days offers free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. It is co-ordinated nationally by the Civic Trust with support from English Heritage and an army of 30,000 volunteers.
The Merseyside programme is organised by the Liverpool Culture Company, all Merseyside boroughs and the Civic Trust.
Full listings for Heritage Open Days events are available at www.liverpool08.com.
During the month Liverpool will also host a major local history fair and conference. The Big History Show takes place at St George’s Hall between September 14 and 16.
This virtual rendering of the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall almost looks better than the real thing.
Its a promo for the orchestra’s live performance in the Second Life virtual world on September 14 2007
I’m not so keen on the second life thing myself, you have to download an application to run on your PC and it has a tendency to hog the machine
Details:
http://www.liverpoolphil.com/content/homepagefeatures/SecondLife.aspx
Curators Ian Murphy & Alan Scarth with the 100 year old painting
The Liver Building looks a bit narrow to me.
LIVERPOOL PANORAMA 1907
New acquisition. On display to the public from Monday September 3 2007
A stunning aerial view oil painting showing the Liverpool waterfront at the height of the city’s prosperity 100 years ago has been acquired by Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Modern Liverpool 1907 by Walter Richards shows existing buildings and some that were only planned when the painting was done. It captures the bustling atmosphere of the port when it was the Second City of the British Empire, celebrating its 700th anniversary.
A Cunard liner which could be either the Mauretania or her ill-fated sister Lusitania is moored at the Prince’s Stage while smaller ships and ferries can be seen nearby.
The pace-setting Liver Building is depicted although it was not completed until 1911. Other buildings unfinished when the painting was done include the Anglican Cathedral – shown with twin towers as originally planned.
Docks which have long gone include the George’s Dock on the site of the Cunard Building and the Manchester Dock where the new Museum of Liverpool is being built.
Tony Tibbles, director of Merseyside Maritime Museum, says: “This remarkable panorama is an important addition to our collection of Liverpool waterfront views dating from 1680 to the 1960s.
“Here ships, streets and buildings are painted in painstaking detail. The artist has caught the smoky atmosphere of Edwardian Liverpool with its thousands of chimneys.
“This painting gives a fascinating insight into the city at the height of its powers. It is so realistic you can almost hear the ships’ hooters and the cries of the seagulls.
Liverpool artwork of the day – Friday August 31 2007. Canada Timber Docks, Liverpool. Towards Close of Day by Robert Dudley (active 1865 – 1891) in Maritime Museum
This atmospheric view of Canada Dock vividly captures the hustle and bustle of the port in the 1870s. The number of horses shown underlines the importance of horse-drawn carts in carrying goods from the docks to the warehouses.
Canada Dock was the last dock designed and built by Jesse Hartley, the Dock Board’s most prolific and famous engineer. It opened in 1858. Canada was Britain’s major source of timber at this period.
On permanent loan from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
Tate Liverpool – Symposium
The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
A symposium on cross-overs between art and music including an exploration of the links between art school education, the growth of post-1950s British pop music and the importance of art to pop and pop to art. The Art School Dance includes special keynote presentations by Michael Bracewell – writer, cultural commentator, a member of the Turner Prize 2007 jury and author of ‘Re-make/Re-model: Art, Pop, Fashion and the making of Roxy Music, 1953 – 1972′; and the artist Jamie Reid – Art Director for the Sex Pistols, Afro Celt Sound System, numerous other bands and political causes. Devised by Prof. Colin Fallows, Liverpool John Moores University.
In collaboration with Prof. Colin Fallows and Liverpool John Moores University
Day 1 Friday 21 September
Venue Foyer, Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock
18:00 Launch Reception and Symposium Registration
Open to all Symposium delegates
Welcome to Tate Liverpool
Dr. Christoph Grunenberg
Director of Tate Liverpool
Welcome to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
Colin Fallows
Professor of Sound and Visual Arts,
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
Soundworks
Mat Gregory
Artist/Writer/Lecturer
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
19:00 – 20.00 Exhibition
Peter Blake: A Retrospective
Day 2 Saturday 22 September
Venue The Auditorium – Tate Liverpool
Side One
09:00 Registration and Reception
09:30 Introduction to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
Colin Fallows
09:45 Keynote
Michael Bracewell
10:30 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Presentations
Rob Chapman
Barry Miles
12:00 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Cathy Butterworth
12.15 Presentation
Jon Savage
12:45 BUFFET LUNCH
Peter Blake: A Retrospective – open to all symposium delegates
Side Two
14:00 Keynote
Jamie Reid in conversation with Vicki Maguire
14:45 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Vicki Maguire
15:00 BREAK
15:15 Presentations
Bryan Biggs
Simon Warner
16:15 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows
17:00 Close
Tate Liverpool The Auditorium
£65 (£50 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments
For tickets, call 0151 702 7400
Liverpool artwork of the day – Thursday August 30 2007. David Hall. A Situation Envisaged: The Rite II (Cultural Eclipse) – Video Positive 1989. In Re: [Video Positive] Archiving Video Positively Between 1989 and 2000 at FACT August 31 – November 4 2007
Members Viewing tonight for this exhibition which re-stages key works from past video-positive shows including this work by David Hall.
A video installation commissioned for the first Video Positive Festival, the work consists of 15 monitors as a single block close to a wall. All but one face the wall and are not seen. In the centre, on the only screen to be seen, is a 30 line image of the moon shot on a camera/scanner identical to that used by JL Baird in the 1920s
FACT will also be launching FACT Online, one of the biggest databases of video and new media art in the country. At its launch it will contain the works, artists and information of all the commissions for The Video Positive Festivals. It will be a key moment in the history of UK video art; the artists that use FACT for their expertise in staging and helping to produce work are now working with the organisation to add their works to a database for people to view.
Major grants for English museums
The National Portrait Gallery is one of 11 London institutes to benefit
London’s National Portrait Gallery and Liverpool’s National Museums (see previous post) are among 43 English museums and galleries to benefit from grants totalling £4m.
It is the sixth year that money has been allocated under a funding partnership between the government and the Wolfson Foundation charity.
The cash will be spent on improving displays, public spaces and access.
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, are the biggest winners with £300,000 each.
The National Portrait Gallery has been awarded £122,000 to provide lift access to its mezzanine, while the National Museums will spend its £220,000 on bringing Liverpool’s historic docks to life through modern technology.
Others to benefit include projects in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Manchester, Carlisle, Stoke-on-Trent and Oxford.
‘Imaginative’ projects
The scheme has awarded a total of £20m to institutions around the country since it was set up in 2002.
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge said: “This year’s grants go to an imaginative array of projects in national institutions, university collections and well-loved local museums and galleries.
“This funding will give visitors the best possible experience of some wonderful collections.”
Among the projects to benefit are:
# A new Buddhist sculpture in the Asia gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum (£300,00)
# A double storey, 3D “Bio Wall” dedicated to the natural world at the Great North Museum, Newcastle (£200,000)
# Creation of a major exhibition of London’s history from 1950 to the present day at the Museum of London (£70,000)
# Re-display of the popular Foreign Mammals Gallery – including the Norfolk Polar Bear – at Norwich Castle, Norwich (£60,000)
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