Monthly Archive for September, 2007

One-day Symposium at FACT – Oct 16 2007

Published by ian jackson on September 30, 2007 23:37 in Art Preview. Closed

One-day Symposium at FACT, Liverpool

Had to be There?
16 October 2007
9.30am – 6.00pm
FACT, 88 Wood Street Liverpool L1 4DQ

‘You had to be there’ is the common phrase used when you try to relay an experience or event that already took place. Did you have to be there? is the underlying question around this one-day symposium, which brings together leading artists, producers, institutes and interested communities from around the globe to consider histories and archiving of time-based media in a digital age.

Invited speakers will include: artist and Director/CEO of FACT, Mike Stubbs, collaborators on FACT’s new online archive, A:Database, artist and filmmaker, David Hall, founding member of London Video Arts, Tamara Krikorian, artist, producer and lead on REWIND ( University of Dundee), Stephen Partridge, interactive computer/net-based media artist, Lynn Hershman Leeson, artist, marketer and Director of Kisky Net Media, Katie Lips, artist collective, Superflex, artist, Sonia Boyce.

The symposium accompanies an exhibition of video art from FACT’s Video Positive Festival and the launch of FACT’s online archive (http://www.fact.co.uk/archive).

Symposium £25.00 / £20.00 (FACT Members & concs)
Symposium & Dinner £50.00 / £45.00 (FACT Members & concs) (Dinner 15 October 7.00pm)

For more information contact Gabrielle Jenks on 0151 707 4438 or
email gabrielle.jenks@fact.co.uk.
Tickets can be booked at the Box Office at FACT or by calling 08707 583217.

Published by ian jackson on September 30, 2007 23:37 in Art Preview. Closed

Reminder – The AlTURNERtive Prize

Published by ian jackson on September 30, 2007 23:03 in News. Closed

AL TURNER TIVE PRIZE
A REMINDER
IF YOU WISH TO TAKE PART IN THE ALTURNATIVE TURNER PRIZE THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS OCTOBER 19TH 2007

THE THEME IS :
PEACE WAR OCCUPATION

WINNER ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 1ST 2007 AT A SPECIAL EVENING DINNER HOSTED BY MERSEYSIDE STOP THE WAR COALITION
FURTHER INFORMATION AND CONTACTS
MERSEYSIDE@STOPWAR.ORG.UK or
07968581336
0151 707 0764

Published by ian jackson on September 30, 2007 23:03 in News. Closed

Jim Connolly Website

Published by ian jackson on September 29, 2007 19:55 in News. Closed

Liverpool photographer Jim Connolly now has his own fine website at
www.jimconnolly.org

Published by ian jackson on September 29, 2007 19:55 in News. Closed

Liverpool Welsh Choral Concert Dates 07/08

Published by ian jackson on September 29, 2007 18:10 in Music. Closed

08 SEASON OF CULTURE STARTS HERE!
Liverpool Welsh Choral announce plans for an exceptionally exciting season ahead for all music lovers on Merseyside.
Stars from stage, screen and radio will join L.W.C. to present a wide variety of memorable musical concerts.
All promise to be capacity audiences!
BOOK NOW: 0151 652 6374.

* Saturday 10th November 2007.
CHORAL CATHEDRAL CLASSICS.
7.30pm at the Anglican Cathedral. Liverpool.
Scottish stars the Royal Edinburgh Choral join the LWC for this memorable and unique concert.
Programme includes Faure’s unforgettable ‘Requiem’ and Kodaly’s intriguing ‘Laudes Organi.’
World’s largest organ played by talented Stephen Hargreaves with acclaimed conductor Keith Orrell.

* Friday 14th December 2007.
CAROLS FOR THE CITY.
7.30pm at the Philharmonic Hall. Liverpool.
BBC Radio Merseyside’s star presenter Roger Phillips and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral’s star chorister James Orrel join the LWC for the annual, ever popular family concert. Seasonal delights and surprises are assured!

* Saturday 1st March 2008.
ALED JONES.
7.30pm at the Philharmonic Hall. Liverpool.
The popular Welsh baritone, star of TV and radio, joins the LWC and the RLPO to celebrate St David’s Day. Traditional songs and new tunes from Aled’s latest C.D. are highlights of this culturally rich concert.

* Saturday 15th March.
FLINTSHIRE ARTFEST.
7.30pm St Mary’s Church. Mold.
An evening of favourite choral classics at this highly regarded Welsh Music Festival.

* Saturday 24th May 2008.
VOICES ACROSS THE OCEAN.
7.30pm Mossley Hill Church. Liverpool.
LWC are honoured to be joined by members of the prestigious and renowned Pro Arte Choral from New York. Music from both sides of the Atlantic includes Rutter’s sublime ‘Requiem’ and Bernstein’s spectacular ‘Chichester Psalms.’

* Saturday 25th October 2008.
KARL JENKINS. WORLD PREMIERE.
7.30pm. Philharmonic Hall.Liverpool.
A true star in the world of music. LWC Patron Karl Jenkins joins the choir and RLPO for an evening of his own compositions, including a world premiere piece commissioned by LWC to commemorate the Capital of Culture 2008.

LIVERPOOL WELSH CHORAL……’SIMPLY DYNAMIC.’

Published by ian jackson on September 29, 2007 18:10 in Music. Closed

Nerve Mag Fundraiser – Fri Oct 5 07

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 16:59 in News. Closed

Nerve Magazine and Public Notice present a benefit gig for Nerve featuring live music from Campbell Todd, Greedy Jesus Band, Alicia Rose and Neo-Con, with beats from Si Mack and Pete L.

Friday 5th October 2007, 20.00 – 02.00, at Bar Fresa, Colquitt Street.
£4 on door/£3 concessions.

Catalyst Creative Media
0151 709 9948
http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 16:59 in News. Closed

Download the Liverpool 08 Programme

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 16:34 in 2008 Capital of Culture. 1 Comment

You can now download the Capital of Culture 2008 programme from the 08 website.
Its pdf file in small print but at least you can zoom in.

LINK

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 16:34 in 2008 Capital of Culture. 1 Comment

Artwork of the Day – Edgar Degas

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 09:27 in Art Of The Day. 2 Comments

Liverpool artwork of the day – Friday September 28 2007. ‘Little Dancer Aged Fourteen’ 1880-1 by Edgar Degas, cast circa 1922. Painted bronze with muslin and silk. In Tate Liverpool until April 2009.

This is part of the new DLA Piper Series: The Twentieth Century: How It Looked & How It Felt which opens tomorrow – Saturday September 29 2007 and runs until Spring of 2009.

The model for this sculpture was a ballet student at the Paris Opéra, where Degas often drew and painted. Degas first made a reddish-brown wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed a three-quarter life-size wax sculpture of her in clothing made of real fabrics – cream-coloured silk for the bodice, tulle and gauze for the tutu, and fabric slippers. He also gave it real hair tied with a ribbon. When the wax sculpture was first exhibited, contemporaries were shocked by the unprecedented realism of the piece. But they were also moved by the work’s representation of the pain and stress of ballet training endured by a barely adolescent girl.

After Degas’ death, his heirs decided in the early 1920s to make bronze casts – nearly thirty of them – of the wax original. In these versions, all is bronze except for the dancer’s gauze tutu and silk ribbon.

Recent investigation into the casting of this piece has shown how the founders attempted to match the colours and aged appearance of the original wax sculpture, which, by this point, had spent forty years in the artist’s studio. Pigmented waxes, ranging in colour from pale orange through pink and brown, were rubbed into the flesh areas.

The bodice was painted a cream colour, but a pigmented wax was applied to darken the lower part. The skirt was dipped in a mixture of animal glue and pigment in order to created an aged effect.
(From the display caption August 2004)

Published by ian jackson on September 28, 2007 09:27 in Art Of The Day. 2 Comments