BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10698@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T183000 DTSTAMP:20250731T142431Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bodies-of-water-symposium-regene rative-art-practice/ SUMMARY:The Black-E: Bodies of Water Symposium: Regenerative Art Practice DESCRIPTION:Bodies of Water Symposium: Regenerative Art Practice\nThe Black -E\, 1 Great George Street\, Liverpool L1 5EW\n11 September 2025\, 12:30 – 18:30 BST\n\nBOOK HERE\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the role of socially-engaged p ublic art in the context of our accelerating environmental crisis? Join UP Projects on Thursday 11 September 2025 in Liverpool for a half day sympos ium exploring regenerative principles and practices. The symposium will br ing together expertise and insights from artists\, curators\, and environm entalists.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough panel discussions and dynamic workshop s\, the symposium will explore the role public and socially engaged art ca n play in the climate and biodiversity crises. It aims to raise the ambiti on for what it means to be environmentally responsible both technically an d culturally.\n\nThe symposium will equip participants with theoretical fr ameworks\, case studies from best and emerging practices\, as well as prac tical tools from the world of public art commissioning and beyond. Sharing learnings from UP Projects’ Bodies of Water commissions\, the symposi um will explore the human relationship to nature through the prism of wate r cultures\, water management and hydropolitics.\n\nThe symposium itself a ims to be environmentally responsible with production principles that aim to reduce our carbon footprint\, including avoiding unnecessary printing\, minimising waste\, prioritising speakers based in the UK and encouraging sustainable travel methods for all delegates. UP Projects has a long-term commitment to Environmental Responsibility\, including commissioning work that addresses the climate emergency and sharing knowledge around innovati ve approaches to commissioning public art that have a net positive environ mental impact.\n\nThe Bodies of Water Symposium is curated by UP Projec ts and guest curator Justine Boussard\, in partnership with the Liverpool Biennial.\n\nThe symposium is part of Bodies of Water\, a national\, sit e specific public art commission by German/Korean artist Anne Duk Hee Jord an that explores the human relationship with the natural world\, presented at A la Ronde in Exmouth\, East Devon and Haigh Hall in Wigan\, Greater M anchester.\n\nBodies of Water is commissioned and curated by UP Projects working in partnership with National Trust and Wigan Council. It is genero usly funded by Arts Council England\, Art Fund and Vallum Associates\, and supported by Goethe-Institut with engineering support from Civic Engineer s.\n\nThank you to UP Projects’ Critical Friends Pauline Desouza\, Diver sity Arts Forum and Bridget McKenzie\, Regenerative Culture for advising o n the project.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets\nTickets for the Bodies of Water Sy mposium are now available to purchase for £15. The ticket includes acces s to the panel discussion and one workshop. Ticket holders will be contact ed and invited to select which workshop to attend when the workshop ticket s become available from 11 August.\n\nUP Projects believes in keeping even ts accessible to everyone and has a reserved number of tickets specificall y for students and those who are unwaged or on a lower income. These ticke ts are available to purchase at a discounted price of £7.50. If you are a student and would like to purchase a discounted ticket\, please contact  info@upprojects.com using your university email address\, and you will be provided with a dedicated link to access a discounted ticket. If you are an individual who is on a lower income or currently unwaged\, please conta ct info@upprojects.com and request a discounted ticket.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA ccessibility\nBritish Sign Language interpretation will be available durin g specific panel discussions and breakout activities. Please refer to the symposium schedule below to see which activities will include BSL. The ven ue is wheelchair accessible with ramps\, lifts and toilets available. To e nter the venue via the ramps provided\, please use the entrance via Sankey Street (off Great George Street).\n\nIf you have any specific access need s or questions regarding the accessibility of the venue\, please email in fo@upprojects.com in advance of the symposium\, and we will assist where possible.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSymposium Schedule\n12:30 – 13:00 | Registratio n\nRefreshments will be served and available throughout the day. Coffee wi ll be generously provided by London Nootropics.\n13:00 – 13:20 | Welcom e\nIntroduction to the Bodies of Water Symposium. Speakers include Emma Un derhill\, Founder &\; Artistic Director (UP Projects) and Dr Sam Lackey \, Director (Liverpool Biennial). BSL will be available.\n13:20 – 13:30 | Opener\nA grounding visualisation led by artist Seyi Adelekun. BSL will be available.\n13:30 – 15:15 | Regenerative Art Practice: Questions of L egacy\nWhy should we take the long view in a time of emergency? This panel will explore environmental responsibility from the perspective of legacy: what systems we have inherited\, what present realities we must address a nd what we should aim to leave behind.\n\nPanel discussion with Alice Shar p\, Artistic Director &\; Founder (Invisible Dust)\, Iman Datoo\, multi disciplinary artist and Head of Research and Community (Radical Ecology)\, Anne Duk Hee Jordan\, artist and Mala Yamey\, Curator (UP Projects). Faci litated by Beatrice Pembroke\, Executive Director of Culture (King’s Col lege London). BSL will be available.\n15:45 – 17:00 | Breakout Activitie s\nForum: Tools for Regenerative Art Practice\nSimultaneous small group ro und table discussions will explore different aspects of regenerative art p ractice\, from the technical\, to the socio-cultural and beyond.\n\nConven ed by Alice Bonnot\, Independent art curator and sustainability consultant (Julie’s Bicycle)\, each round table discussion will be facilitated by different experts in their field. These include Seyi Adelekun\, artist\, M arie-Anne McQuay\, Guest Curator (Liverpool Biennial 2025) with James Harp er\, Programme Manager (Liverpool Biennial)\, Jon Davies\, Producer (Metal Liverpool) and Co-chair (Shift)\, Dr Sylvia Travers\, Head of Horticultur e (Haigh Hall)\, Dr Suzy O’Hara\, Curator and Lecturer (University of Su nderland)\, Manon Awst\, artist\, Harun Morrison\, artist and writer\, Rhy s Williams\, Associate Director (Civic Engineers).\nTruth\, Care\, Change: A Framework for Navigating the Earth Crisis\nA reflective workshop led by Bridget McKenzie (Climate Museum UK\, Culture Declares Emergency) and Dan ny Chivers\, carbon analyst and climate action consultant\, inviting parti cipants to map how to respond to the Earth Crisis in ways that go beyond d ecarbonisation. BSL will be available.\nNeuroqueer Ecologies: Noticing Dif ferently\nA sensory walking workshop down to Queens Wharf led by artist Ja mes Aldridge\, exploring ways of seeing and being with river ecosystems. I nformed by James’s Queer River research project\, including ongoing rese arch into the value that sensory and processing differences bring to ecolo gical awareness\, this walk will encourage us to pay attention to our sens es\, to notice and record how water moves through the city.\nCollaborative Place Futures Toolkit\nA workshop exploring Futures Literacy as a tool fo r regenerative placemaking led by Rosanna Vitiello\, Founder &\; Bureau Chief\, and Allison Walker\, artist and associate (The Place Bureau).\n17 :00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks\nClosing remarks from Emma Underhill\, Fou nder &\; Artistic Director (UP Projects) and Justine Boussard\, Curator . BSL will be available.\n17:15 – 18:45 | Networking Drinks\nAn opportun ity to have a drink and meet some familiar or new faces.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/07/Symposium-Thumbnail.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events,Talks LOCATION:The Black-E\, 1 Great George Street\, Liverpool\, L1 5EW\, Liverpo ol\, United Kingdom GEO:53.397876;-2.97619 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Great George Street\, Liv erpool\, L1 5EW\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Th e Black-E:geo:53.397876,-2.97619 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR