Dreamspace Ruined by Vandals
What can I say, its all so depressing. I went to the opening on Friday and really enjoyed it, I was about to write about it and urge people to visit. Now I'll wait to see if/when its repaired.
From tonight's Echo...
A KNIFE-wielding gang has trashed a prestigious art exhibition in the grounds of Liverpool's Roman Catholic cathedral.
The yobs destroyed the Dreamspace project within hours of it being opened.
Up to 15 youths climbed the steps to the Metropolitan cathedral plaza and broke through hoardings.
A security guard tried to stop them but was threatened by the armed mob who then went on the rampage.
They ripped up the massive air-filled dome causing damage which will cost thousands of pounds to re-pair.
Distraught artist Maurice Agis says the plastic material was torn using knives or blades.
Organisers are facing a race against time to repair the dome and are predicting it will reopen on Wednesday.
Mr Agis said: "A lot of blood, sweat and tears has gone into the project so it's galling to see it ruined just 24 hours after opening.
"It's shattered me as this was the biggest exhibition I've done and it's being premiered here in Liverpool."
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Thats terrible news. I was looking forward to seeing this. I hope they can fix it and keep it running just to spite the vandals.
Posted by: Pete Carr | June 20, 2006 10:42 PM
When this happened to the STATELESS project in January(refer to Blog on January 10, 2006 07:19 PM “Launch Ruined by Vandalism”)some kind sole (who prefered to stay anonymous) replied to the blog by saying this wasnt stereotypical of Liverpool, clearly it is. Even the police we spoke to at the time said this was predictable.
STATELESS has had projects in many major cities and we never had a problem before. As we work on a very tight budget it completely ruined our plans of setting up a Liverpool/London/Berlin "UrbanCinema" project space in Liverpool and it will be some time now before we can face this again.
So artists be prepared.
Posted by: Terry Duffy | June 22, 2006 05:20 PM
oh no! dreamspace is indeed fantastic - waiting for it to come back this year to london...
i hope maurice is not too distraught as hes a nice bloke with a fantastic experiance that hes created for everyone.
Posted by: taryn-vee | June 28, 2006 09:42 AM
I tried to find the exhibit when I was in Liverpool last Wednesday and Thursday. I couldn't find it, and I decided to visit it when I go to Durham later this week to visit my son. Now, there has been this dreadful tragedy. Was vandalism responsible this time. I feel so sorry for Maurice Agis as well as for the victims of this terrible thing.
Posted by: Giuliana | July 25, 2006 05:44 PM
It finished in Liverpool on July 16th so you would not have found it here last week. 'Foul play' has still not been ruled out. I think that's likely the end of dreamspace.
Posted by: Ian Jackson | July 25, 2006 06:24 PM