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:1272@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160930T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161016T000000 DTSTAMP:20160928T112433Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/cbs-gallery-peel-tear-patch-repa ir/ SUMMARY:CBS Gallery: CBS Gallery: Peel\, Tear\, Patch & Repair DESCRIPTION:Peel\, Tear\, Patch &\; Repair\nBy Ian Jackson &\; Joshua Johnson\nText by Joseph Hulme\n\nExhibition Preview 6-9 / 30th Sept / CBS Gallery\nOpen 30/09/16 - 16/10/16 by appointment\n\nA JCB struggles to pa ve the road with railway sleepers\, presumably to protect the brittle asph alt from its enormous weight. With great difficulty\, its long overbearing claws attempts to grab a sleeper and push it into alignment. The machine seems too giant\, too colossal for the job at hand. A site manager attempt s to aid in the process with hand signals\, but appears to have little imp act. A flatbed lorry enters with an overwhelming load of unbalanced steel girders. Balanced perilously\, some lay on their corners. One leans on the roof of the cabin\, all wrapped\, held only by the force of the few ratch et straps.\n\nUnnoticed scars remain. A few small and seemingly insignific ant holes are left\, interrupting the building’s tired exterior. Larger\ , shallow gashes appear at irregular intervals\, embedded into the red gra nite. Microscopic fragments of archeology\, shavings of metal and stone su rvive - still comfortable in the position which they first lay. Scolded st one: molecular composition permanently damaged\, a darkened area from wher e the dislodged\, violently ejected stone came. Roman fragments recovered\ , cute old couples walking around\, looking\, intrigued by the smallest de tail.\n\nBomb scare.\n\nWandering aimlessly is surely a peaceful pastime\; stumbling\, wrapping\, unwrapping\, parachute mine\, designed to be deton ated at a height rather than on impact to the earth. The shock waves from the explosion are free\, uninterrupted by surrounding buildings. Now a gre en\, finely woven debris canvas obstructs our view\, tied with matching ti e wraps crudely onto a maze of scaffolding. Shielding us from the ruin\, i t wraps the building to protect us\, protecting itself from us\, unwrap th e building to reveal how it has healed. It allows the circulation of air\, some protection from the rain and wind\, making an ideal\, safe environme nt.\n\nLayering over the wounds with wounds.\n\nLighter bricks often indic ate replaced stones. Lighter concrete sometimes points to the ‘filling i n’ of wounds in the surface of the stone. A bodged repair\, filling hole s with plaster: a half hearted attempt to cover up. Decapitated buildings. The false brick facade is slowly beginning to peel and tear\, merely a fe w weeks into its completion. It will be patched. Repaired. Covered over wi th more of the same abundant material it was supposed to be\, although it can be replaced\, there will always be a scar.\n\n________________________ _________________________\n\nArtists' websites:\nhttp://irjackson.co.uk\nh ttp://joshua-johnson.co.uk\n\nDocumentation from 'dip' by Jemma Egan &\ ; Alexander Duncan is now online http://www.cbsgallery.co.uk/dip\n\n57-59 Victoria Street\, L1 6ED Liverpool\nwww.cbsgallery.co.uk \ninfo@cbsgallery .co.uk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/09/unnamed-1-1.jpg LOCATION:CBS Gallery\, 63 Blundell Street\, Liverpool\, L1 0AJ\, Liverpool\ , United Kingdom GEO:53.396605;-2.983911 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=63 Blundell Street\, Liverp ool\, L1 0AJ\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=CBS G allery:geo:53.396605,-2.983911 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR