The first cherry blossom picture of our Japan trip – expect to see a few more like this.
Below is a pic of the mountains of northern Japan as seen from the plane.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
A music gig for your diary.
GILAD ATZMON with STRINGS UK TOUR
performing music from his latest project
In Loving Memory of America
Featuring the Orient House Ensemble:
Gilad Atzmon saxophones
Frank Harrison piano
Asaf Sirkis drums
Yaron Stavi double bass
and the Sigamos String Quartet
Charlie Parker with Strings is one of the biggest selling jazz albums of all time. This special homage features adaptations of tunes such as Everything Happens to Me, April in Paris, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, and If I Should Lose You, from Parker’s original 1949 Verve recording, as well as especially composed new works.
These all feature on Atzmon’s new album In Loving Memory of America which will be released on 2nd March. The combination of Atzmon’s unparalleled bebop virtuosity with the easy swing of the Orient House Ensemble’s expert rhythm section and stunning string arrangements led one critic to declare the project as perfect a jazz marriage as you could wish for.
Date: Thursday, 09 April 2009 | 8:00am – 10:00pm
Location: the Bluecoat, Performance Space
Ticket Prices: £12 / £10 concessions
Liverpool artwork of the week 2009-13. ‘Fridge’ by Jason Jones, ‘Self Observed’ at Cornerstone Gallery 20 March – 24 April 2009.
‘Fridge’ is one of many large paintings in this excellent show of figurative work by Jason which also includes preliminary sketches. Its a fascinating idea, a series of paintings of the naked male in contemporary settings such as, here, in the kitchen or brushing his teeth, reading the paper etc.
And the method of creating a sort of fuzziness is something I haven’t seen before, excellent technique. They’re all acrylic on canvas and for sale, take a look.
‘Self Observed’ attempts to re-evaluate the typical male within contemporary painting. Drawing on aspects of the pressure and stress of modern living, work, emotional, sociological and psychological interaction, the works explore the tension and conflict that can exist, but is not necessarily seen, between the body/self and external forces, stimuli and physical surroundings.
The compositions document the relationship between the role of the modern male – his aspirations and expectations, his rapport with modern living and everyday objects – and that sense of self, both physically and psychologically. A constantly liquid shifting and tense dialogue between these two entities, seemingly irreconcilable positions provides an interesting study for context, composition and technique. Each title in this theme reinforces a pragmatism and mundanity in the work’s individual narrative, almost sidestepping the unrepresented silent majority within the male gender.
Jason Jones – ‘Self Observed’ at the Cornerstone
This was last Wednesday evening at Zeligs restaurant and we arrived just as the panel discussion, q & a session was finishing. It was organised by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to provide an opportunity for artists and cutting edge creatives to share expertise and do business with some big commercial names at an informal, free networking event.
The panel included members of the Chamber’s Arts and Culture committee but I’m afraid I can’t report what was said as we missed all that, sorry.
There was an unusual vending machine in Liverpool One today, it dispenses Onitsuka Tiger trainers and for one day only people had the chance to see if they qualified for a free pair (no, of course we didn’t).
For the month of April it will be inside the shop in College Lane where you’ll find some very nice footwear and other stuff.
Ceramic Rock
Two Views at View Two. 27 – 28 March 2009
This exhibition of ceramics by Janet Holmes was only at View Two for a couple of days. she was in the gallery working on a piece this afternoon and last night there was a music performance by Dean Johnson responding to the shapes and the space.
All the works are nice rounded shapes but I also like the fact that they are not glazed, the texture of the 3 different clays used are a real feature of the work.
You can see more on the website:
Then put your clocks forward one hour for British Summer (Summer??) Time.
Lights out Liverpool – our city our planet!
In Liverpool’s Year of the Environment, Liverpool City Council has teamed up with Radio City and 1000 cities, towns and municipalities around the World to support the 2009 World Wildlife Fund Earth Hour.
LCC are asking everyone in Liverpool to switch off non essential lighting for 1 hour from 8.30pm on Saturday March 28th.
Find out more about the event at www.radiocity.co.uk/earthhour and www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour
Capture Manchester results.
Redeye are delighted to announce the first nine winners of Capture Manchester, the competition organised by Redeye, CUBE Gallery, DLA Piper and Marketing Manchester.
And you have the opportunity to vote for the tenth winner of a £500 prize by visiting CUBE between 28th March and 9th April (the exhibition runs to 18th April), where all the entries are on display.
Full details can be found here: http://www.redeye.org.uk/ – click on “Capture Manchester results”.
You can also see a selection of the winners in the Manchester Evening News of 25th March or online here: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1104441_capturing_essence_of_the_city
Further press coverage is likely including BBC Radio Manchester on Tuesday 31st March at approx 2:10pm, and Channel M.
The exhibition’s opening evening is Friday 27th March from 6pm to 9pm and all are welcome – it’s at CUBE, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester M1 6DW, UK.
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