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The Big Draw 2008 in Liverpool

LIVERPOOL’S BIGGEST BIG DRAW Oct 2008
Big Draw events at Walker, Lady Lever, FACT, Bluecoat etc.

Art in the Car Park

Art at The Car Park - CCP Car Park, Duke St. 10 - 19 October 2008
Viewing Thursday 9 Oct 18-21.00
A diverse group show in response to the CCP Car Park, Liverpool. The result is a body of new artwork that weaves into the social, economic, political, historical and geographical situation of the site and the city at large.

Liverpool Art Prize 09 - Nominate Now

Nominations are now open for the Liverpool Art Prize 2009.

The Liverpool Art Prize is a competition of contemporary art open to professional artists based in or born in the Merseyside area of the United Kingdom.

Closing date for nominations is 15 November 2008
Full details on the Liverpool Art Prize Website

Calderstones Park - Power Plant - 8-12 October

POWER PLANT. Liverpool, Calderstones Park. 8 – 12 October 2008
19.30 - 22.00 Tickets £3
Deep in the park, as dusk falls, old gramophones spin glittering sounds whilst clicking insects cast vast moving shadows. Haunting whistles rise and fall and luminous balloons breathe gentle sighs. A Victorian glasshouse shudders, and sparkling flowerbeds dance to their own tune….

UN-MADE Festival 2-5 Oct

TAO Liverpool Biennial 2008 UN-MADE. 2 - 5 October 2008
The UN-MADE festival is almost upon us. Since the 20th September, six of TAO Liverpool’s buildings have been open to selected artists and the public. The CHALLENGE for the artists has been to manifest their creations from scratch in less then 2 weeks in response to the empty space and under the scrutiny of the onlooking public. There will be a (PV) Public View this Thursday 2nd October starting at 5:55pm which will also mark the official opening to the UN-MADE Festival Weekend.

The Living Market Returns

The Living Market will be starting a series of winter events this Sunday. Initial events (5th & 12th of October) will be held at Mello Mello (40-42 Slater Street) from 11am to 4pm.

The Other Giant Spider

Ai Weiwei's spider looks even better at night time as its lit up with slowly changing coloured lights.

Exclusive! JSR-U51 Boat Launches at Albert Dock

The 40 metre mobile waterfall that is Jump Ship Rat's U51 had its first outing around the Albert Dock on Saturday evening. This is a Capital of Culture commission created by Ben Parry and Jacques Chauchat and you can see it at Albert and Salthouse Docks on Saturdays and Sundays 14-16.00 and Thursdays 17-19.00 until 30th October 2008

Liver Sketching Club Exhibition

Exhibition - The Liver Sketching Club. From 27 September 2008
"The Building of Liverpool One"

Albert Dock - Ron Davies Exhibition

Photographs by Ron Davies in Albert Dock, unit C18.

Crosby-based Ron Davies produces limited edition giclée art prints of his personal work and has been photographing the iron men of Antony Gormley's ‘Another Place’ on Crosby Beach since their installation in July 2005.

La Machine / Spider / La Princesse Schedule

Follow the spider...
Schedule for Sunday 7 September
15.00 The creature wakes up and is prepared for the evening’s entertainment.
16.00 The creature goes back to sleep.
19.30 Cherry-pickers and musicians arrive.
20.00 The creature is removed from the tower with a crane.
20.30 The convoy leaves the tower and parades to Queensway Tunnel entrance.
21.15 The creature tries to escape, but is prevented from doing so by the special
effect machines.
21.30 Finale at Queensway tunnel.
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La Machine - Its a Giant Spider

The identity of La Machine can now be revealed, its a spider.
A mere 50 feet high, 37 tonne of mechanical creature which is set to walk around the city centre over this weekend (Sept 5 to 7th).

DaDaFest 08 - Full Programme

DaDaFest International 2008. Main Festival 4 - 7 September 2008
(Exhibitions at A Foundation from 22 August)
Tickets are now on sale. Call The Bluecoat box office on 0151 702 5324 and more information will be available at www.nwdaf.co.uk in the lead up to the festival. Full Listings

Merseyside Fire Fighters Exhibition at Liverpool Arena

Faces of Merseyside Fire Fighters.
Monday 25 August to 2 September 2008

Artistic presentation of Merseyside Fire Fighters at work.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service take part in Face of the City by exhibiting photographs and poems at Liverpool Echo Arena during the World Fire Fighters Games.