[Bracket THIS]

)BracketTHIS( - Going Native

An exhibition of groundbreaking multicultural art providing insight into the cultural experience and outlook of creatives living in Liverpool.

How does it feel to be always Going Native?

2nd - 24th March 2006.
Tuesdays to Sundays 12:00 till 6:00 at the Arena Gallery,
82 - 84 Duke Street,
Liverpool, L1 5AA

Oye! Hear this! Senta questo! å?¬è§?è¿™ ! Oiga esto! Hören Sie dieses! Те Ñ?то!

Mercy’s new exhibition will piss all over the last one.

We are going to build on the success of Nov 2004’s first )Bracket THIS( showcase with a brand new concept, featuring artists from the various and varied communities and disciplines across Liverpool, which earned it the title ‘The World in One City’.

The first show consisted of a showcase of as many artists as we could find who were good enough. You might even have been one of them. It was boss, but now the intention is to represent more fully the range of artistic production that exists within Liverpool.

A year in the research stage, )Bracket THIS ( - Going Native features newly commissioned work from: Tim Ellis (as featured in the Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, and The Jerwood Drawing Prize, whose picture fell from the wall at the last exhibition while no-one was there and did’t make a sound); Malini Vivian (a fine art graduate, John Moores University, famous for her fabulous ice sculptures, temporal sculptress); Kathy Wu (doing the signage in Traditional Chinese calligraphy, so you won’t know where you’re at); Nahida Yassin (Palistinian traditional craft, stiching, poetry, mixed media, affecting reportage); Tenzin Yonten (subverting the ideals of the traditional Tibetan Thanka-style paintings, adding perspective)

Plus existing work from over fifteen other artists, from China, England, India, Jamaica, Somalia, Trinidad, Italy, all currently living and working in Liverpool.

Come and see.

Opening party Thursday 2nd – 18.00 - 22.00

brand new poetry, music and film events on Wednesday 8th, Sunday 12th, Friday 17th, (join www.showmercy.co.uk mail-list for updates)

closing party Friday 24th 19.30 - 23.00.

Brand new poetry, music and film events

THURSDAY 02 MARCH
OPENING NIGHT Private view, artists will be present 18.00 - 22.00

WEDNESDAY 08 MARCH 19.30 - 23.00
The GONZO Show inc. NONNI JACKSON TWIST - Cabaret
AYO OGOLA - Poetics
FICTION Massive - Poetics
MANA BOZHO North - American Drum Troop

SUNDAY 12 MARCH 19.00 - 23.00
JOHN SMITH & The Wooden Ducks
BLUE LANTERN - New Welsh Folk
AMRO BILAL - Arabic Instrumentals
OSCAR - Latin Folk
1UP - Nintendo Power Pop

FRIDAY 17 MARCH 19.30 - 23.00
The HIVE Collective bring the noise - Electronica
HOPE UNI FILM Showcase - UNDER THE FREEWAY/URBAN LANDSCAPES
Artists' cinema often reveals the sections of a city which have been ignored in standard topographies. The screening will also feature a selection of films about the artistic communities who inhabit this ignored landscape, producing their work outside of systems of gallery and institutional support.The programme which will include films by Guy Sherwin, Henry Hills and Emily Richardson is kindly supported by Liverpool Hope University.

FRIDAY 24 MARCH 19.30 - late
CLOSING PARTY: TRANSLATION KARAOKE

Info - Runs 2-24 March 2006,
opening times: Tue-Sun, 12:00-18:00
Arena Gallery, 82-84 Duke Street, Liverpool L1 5AA

If you have seen the Bracket THIS exhibition or events why not tell us what you think. email your reviews, moans, ideas and low-res images to info@artinliverpool.com and I'll post them to the bracketTHIS blog.

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Looking forward to the Fiction gig tonight, see you there.

I have created a 'set' in flickr for the Bracket THIS photos. Just added several by Tom Harold. More to follow later.
See the fancy flash thing in the right hand column or click here

GOING NATIVE FINAL EVENT: CLOSING PARTY | Friday 24 March | 20.30pm-late | FREE
At Arena Gallery, 82-84 Duke Street, Liverpool (double doors down from The Monroe pub)

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HEADLOC – knob-twiddling Wrexham electronica
THE WOMBATS – melodic pop with a twist
STUFFED LOVE – broody, driving, psychedelic rock
KINETIC FALLACY – Ninja Tunes-esque classical take on hip hop
Plus poetry and DJ’s
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Over the last three weeks, the Arena Gallery has played host to our latest exhibition, )Bracket THIS( - Going Native.
Specially-commissioned pieces by international-but-Liverpool-based artists have jostled for elbow room with brand new quality poetics, North African drums, German comedians, Chilean guitars, Wigan electronica and freakin belly dancers.
Now it is game over, but not before one last blowout tomorrow night (Friday 24). If you’ve been already, then take the opportunity to say goodbye to it all, and if you haven’t made it yet, then this is your last chance...
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FREE to get in, all the drinks are a quid, and we have heating now!
Check dis:
<http://www.myspace.com/headloc>
<http://www.thewombats.co.uk>
<http://www.myspace.com/kineticfallacy>
<http://www.artinliverpool.com/bracketthis>