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‘Exchange’: Public Art in Liverpool with sculptor Rob Riley
A strand of the Postgraduate Programme at Tate Liverpool
Thursday March 22
18.00 - 20.00
Free

A discussion about public art in Liverpool, how modern commissions mirror the classic sculptural semiotics, and what influence these factors have on their absorption in the city.

Rob Riley, sculptor involved in the placing of some of Liverpool’s most famous public works, will take us on a verbal “tour� from Lime Street to Tate Liverpool, discussing public sculpture and how it interacts with Liverpool’s urban landscape.

Public sculpture in Liverpool has a proud history of gestures to the bold, the brave and the spirit of the city. However, over time they seem to fade, dull - their moment in the spotlight being substituted for the status of more recent landmarks or new places and spaces to meet.

How do we interact with art in the public realm? Is the importance of place disregarded, as in the example of the 'Superlambanana', that seems to 'graze' where it sees fit around the city; or is the symbolism of place embraced, as in Tracey Emin's placing of her work at the Anglican Cathedral?

This is an event organised by postgraduate students taking part in the Postgraduate Module in Contemporary Curating at Tate Liverpool. Participants are asked to complete the tour prior to the event. It takes around 25 minutes to complete, goes form Lime Street Station and ends at Tate Liverpool (see route instructions below). Refreshments will be served throughout the evening.

Route Instructions
· Out of Lime Street Station main entrance, turn left onto Saint George’s Plateau and look to cross the road onto the promenade outside Saint Georges Hall.

• After Saint George’s Hall turn left onto William Brown Street (pedestrians).
• 50 yards down William Brown Street go through the wrought iron gates on the left leading into Saint John’s Garden’s.

• Walk through the gardens heading towards the Queensway Tunnel Entrance, exiting down the steps at the bottom end of the gardens.

• Take a left before crossing two roads to head down Victoria Street.
• Walking on the left hand pavement, cross over the roads before taking the 4th left hand turn into Stanley Street.

• 50 yards ahead on the right take the narrow pedestrians entrance to Matthew Street.
• Walk to the end of Matthew Street before taking a left hand turn onto North John Street.
• Cross North John Street before taking the second right up Lord Street.
• Continue forward onto James Street, and just after the main entrance to James Street Underground Station take a right through a narrow alleyway onto Drury Lane.

• Continue forward passing “Philpott’s� delicatessen store on your right.
• At the end of Drury Lane cross over Water Street, heading into Tower Gardens slightly down the hill opposite Drury Lane entrance.

• Continue forward into Saint Nicholas’ Church Gardens.
• Exit the gardens down the steps onto the Strand (Alt: Dock Road) and cross at the nearest pedestrian crossing.
• Facing the Liver Buildings, walk down the right hand side of the building.
• Turn left to walk down the esplanade past the front of the Three Graces.
• After the Port of Liverpool Building turn left back up to the Strand (Alt: Wapping).
• Turn right, past Canning dock and waterfront on your right hand side.
• Take a right at Hartley Quay to head towards Albert Dock, walking past the Pumphouse Inn on the right.
· Cross the footbridge before turning left to approach Tate Liverpool on your right.