There will be a special rescheduled celebration of the opening of Variable Capital:
Wednesday 28 May 2008, 6pm – 10pm
at the Bluecoat. School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Throughout the evening Susannah Hewlett will present It’s Not You, a live art commission made especially for the Bluecoat. In the building, in the Performance Space, the Hub and galleries you will encounter characters, installations and sound works in a wry and shambolic recreation of the highs and lows of the Saturday night TV game show.
The garden will be open for live music and there will be special drinks promotions with bottles of Grolsch available for £1.50.
Variable Capital
Fri 23 May – Sun 29 June 2008
Edward Burtynsky, Common Culture, Alexander Gerdel, Richard Hughes, Melanie Jackson, Louise Lawler, Hans Op de Beeck, Wang Qingsong, Julian Rosefeldt, Santiago Sierra, Larry Sultan, Brian Ulrich and Andy Warhol.
As a regenerated Liverpool enjoys its status as European Capital of Culture and anticipates the opening of Europe’s largest retail development, Variable Capital presents a timely comment on today’s consumer culture. Organised by artists David Campbell and Mark Durden (who work collaboratively as Common Culture), the exhibition presents international artists’ critical and often humorous responses to how we produce goods and spend money.