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:7056@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20221202 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230410 DTSTAMP:20230208T170922Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/fact-danielle-brathwaite-shirley -josefa-ntjam/ SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley & Josèfa Ntjam DESCRIPTION:From 2 December 2022\, FACT presents a new exhibition by artist s Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley &\; Josèfa Ntjam. Working across arch ives\, maps and video games\, the artists consider how acts of resistance\ , rebuilding and reimagining can lead to transformative new worlds. The ex hibition will run until spring 2023 and is the final instalment of Radica l Ancestry\, FACT’s exploration into the sense of belonging.\n\nDanielle Brathwaite-Shirley creates artworks that archive the experiences of Blac k Trans people and communities who can be otherwise underserved. Through w orldbuilding and gaming\, her work intertwines reality and fiction to enco urage us to explore alternative narratives within interactive digital envi ronments.\n\nSince February 2022\, Brathwaite-Shirley has worked with a gr oup of young people from Liverpool\, self titled ‘The Bandidos’. Toget her\, they have created a video game that shares their experiences of Live rpool and presents their new\, imaginative world. Visitors are invited to experience the world online\, and inside the gallery within a large-scale immersive environment. Passing through a bus shelter\, visitors emerge ont o remnants of a suburban street. A pond\, a living room\, a playground and a derelict shopfront offer four portals into the experimental video game. Players are encouraged to explore and learn in these alternative dimensio ns that reshape the rules and systems that frame our lives.\n\nArtist\, wr iter and performer Josèfa Ntjam works across a wide range of mediums\, combining sculpture\, photomontage\, film and sound. For this exhibition\, Ntjam presents an immersive installation centred around her film\, Dislo cation (2022)\, alongside new sculptures as part of her Metamorphosis ( 2019-present) series.\n\nThe installation submerges visitors into an aqueo us\, interstellar cave. Strewn with jellyfish\, plankton and mushrooms\, t he gallery is transformed by mythological icons and symbols of resistance\ , solidarity and care. Through her practice\, Ntjam looks at ways to rejec t widely accepted Western narratives around origin\, identity and systems of classification by intertwining research of archives\, African mythologi es and counter-culture.\n\nNtjam’s work promotes alternate readings of h istory\, with references spanning the mythic futures of jazz composer Sun Ra\, the siren goddess Mami Wata and the speculative underwater civilisati ons popularised by Detroit techno duo Drexyia. For Ntjam\, these tales of resilience offer ways to rethink the aftermath of colonialism and the Tran satlantic slave trade\, through new forms of knowledge and connections. Pr esenting this work in Liverpool\, a port city that prospered from the slav e trade\, only heightens its resonance and urgency.\n\nThe free exhibition will be accompanied by a public programme of events including artist talk s\, curator tours and family workshops. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2022/11/unnamed-3.jpg LOCATION:FACT\, 88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Ki ngdom GEO:53.402564;-2.978127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\ , L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=FACT:geo: 53.402564,-2.978127 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR