BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3928@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180714T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181028T180000 DTSTAMP:20180814T095052Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-liverpool-biennial-2018 -beautiful-world-where-are-you/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Liverpool Biennial 2018: Beautiful World Where Are You? DESCRIPTION:Bluecoat presents new works by Abbas Akhavan\, Shannon Ebner\, Ryan Gander\, Suki Seokyeong Kang\, Silke Otto-Knapp and Melanie Smith.\n\ nA monumental sculpture by Abbas Akhavan fills Bluecoat’s Vide gallery . Variations on a Ghost makes reference to artworks destroyed by ISIS ov er the last decade\, in particular the ancient sculptures depicting the As syrian protective deities called Lamassu – half man\, half lion. Using a technique called ‘dirt ramming’ Akhavan has recreated the claws of th e hybrid deity with soil and water. Over the exhibition period\, the physi cal appearance and smell of the sculpture will change\, its surface appear ing more stone-like as a grey crust develops.\n\nMelanie Smith’s new fil m Maria Elena takes its title from a town situated in the Atacama Desert \, South America\; one of the world’s driest deserts. The settlement is connected to the oldest salt mine in Chile\, which was owned by the Guggen heim family in the 1920s. The film combines fragmented narratives of the c olonial past with the dusty present of the salt mine. It further explores Smith’s interest in industrial expansion in the Americas during the 20th century and its relationship to violence and crime.\n\nConceived as a vis ual translation of the Korean musical notation ‘Jeongganbo’\, Land Sa nd Strand is a new multi-part installation by Suki Seokyeong Kang. The w ork transforms the exhibition space into a grid. Building on the concept o f the hwamunseok – a traditional Korean woven mat\, interpreted as the minimum space provided for each individual in society – it is activated by performers and the audience. The choreography\, inspired by the Spring Oriole Dance and traditionally performed on the hwamunseok\,is shared wi th visitors. The movements on the mat serve as the blueprint for the wider installation consisting of painting\, sculpture and video.\n\nIn the adja cent gallery is a major new project by Ryan Gander\, Time Moves Quickly. Gander has worked collaboratively with five children from Knotty Ash Prim ary School in Liverpool – Jamie Clark\, Phoebe Edwards\, Tianna Mehta \, Maisie Williams and Joshua Yates – to produce a series of artwork s and a film exploring the activities carried out in the workshops. In add ition to the presentation at Bluecoat\, Gander and the children have creat ed a new public artwork for the city. The project takes inspiration from t he Montessori method of education\, based on self-directed activity\, hand s-on learning and collaborative play.\n\nSilke Otto-Knapp’s new large-sc ale painting wraps around the perimeters of the space\, combining figures in group formations with abstract panels. At the centre of the work is the construct of the stage\, with motifs ranging from choreographed groups of figures\, historical stage sets and pared-down landscapes. Otto-Knapp wor ks with watercolour on canvas\, using a process of removal and accumulatio n of pigment in order to create spaces where the flatness of the pictorial surface contrasts with an illusionistic construction of space.\n\nShannon Ebner has developed a photographic work with a related sound piece in th e gallery’s courtyard. Tailored to its environment\, this commission con nects to Ebner’s series STRAY (2017)\, which comprises photographs and readings by the American poets Susan Howe and Nathaniel Mackey.\n\nFight  is a series of silkscreen posters by Janice Kerbel located outside Blu ecoat. Kerbel first choreographed an unarmed fight for a group of 12 indiv iduals. Every action of the fight was recorded on sheets of paper the size of a body\, using text in the area corresponding to the part of body wher e the impact is received. These drawings act both as recipients of action – becoming illegible with the layering of type – and a score for futur e action. The drawings were then printed onto campaign poster paper\, whic h are presented from the ground up\, emphasising their relationship to hum ans. Kerbel is interested in how fights can both erupt and dissipate unann ounced\, regardless of context or setting.\n\n\n\nBluecoat is the oldest b uilding in Liverpool city centre and the UK's first arts centre. Showca sing a year-round programme of contemporary visual and performance art\, t he venue has provided space\, support and a public platform for artists fo r over 100 years. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/06/Suki-Seokyeong-Kang-Jeong-1-4-2011-2015.jpg LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR