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:7416@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230609T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230930T150000 DTSTAMP:20230607T205508Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/independents-biennial-liverpool- city-of-music-the-buskers/ SUMMARY:Invisible Wind Factory: Independents Biennial: Liverpool City of Mu sic: The Buskers DESCRIPTION:Liverpool City of Music: The Buskers\, photographs by John McDo nald\nFactory Kitchen (Invisible Wind Factory)\, L3 7DS\nDate(s): 09/06/2 023 - 30/09/2023\n1:00 pm - 3:00 pm\n\nInvisible Wind Factory\, Factory Ki tchen\nPublic entrance in Carlton St off Regent Road\n\nOpen Tuesday to Fr iday. 1.00 – 3.00  \nJune 1st   – September 30th 2023\n\nJohn Mc Donald\n\nI don’t really like taking candid pictures of people in the st reet. It feels a bit either sneaky or intrusive. And I’m not that good\, like some photographers are\, at chatting people up. But the streets of an y city provide all sorts of photo-opportunities for exploring contemporary ‘modern-life- theatre’.  And street photography\, has its own long standing traditions.\n\nTaking pictures of itinerant street  muscians\, is a relatively simple task. Sitting (standing) targets really. Although a bit more challenging if they are also dancing!   I always ask with a c amera click gesture and a hopeful questioning – thumbs up\, so as not to interrupt the live performance\, and they invariably nod a yes.\n\nWell s o far\, so good\, no one as yet\, has said no. But some of them are actual ly shy of the photo-thing. You can just tell.  Do they have a choice? Th ey are\, putting on a show\, in a public place. But it is more than just p olite to ask permission. The request makes a temporary but personal contac t between me and the musician\, which feels good. Occasionally some folks are ok for a small chat-interlude. Like the guy from Switzerland playing a wind up music box or Mat and his friends\, using sign language to backing tracks and live streaming.\n\nThere is\, in a small way a bit of a collab oration going on\, and some people do\, ‘put it on’ a bit for the came ra.\n\nThe city environment is also of interest to me and a significant pa rt of the image (whatever is included in the ‘framing’ is an important part of the picture). The shops: Primark (Valentines day)\, McDonalds\, L ush\, TK Max\, Top Shop\, (not there anymore\, even shops come and go)\, M &\;S (will they be there forever?)\, Clarks \, Schuh\; are all expressi ve elements of modern life.   And passers-by  are included\, or not. Sometimes it’s good to wait for a clear space before snapping a pic. The musicians look more lonely then\, and a bit lost in their own worlds. Or sometimes it’s good to get in close.\n\nSome people are there: raising m oney for a good cause\; Brianna Ghey \, Teenage Cancer Research\;  some\ , young  aspiring musicians practicing and hopeful\, working towards a c areer\; some\, just earning a few coins for a pint and an evening out\, or many performers\, in these days of bad government\, are short on income a nd trying to earn a crust.\n\nAnd can you hear? What songs are they singi ng?\n\n‘…O\, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound\, that breathe s upon a bank of violets…’ Orsino  Twelfth Night\n\nMeet and greet the artist\, 13th June\, 1-3pm ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/06/2-small-file.jpg LOCATION:Invisible Wind Factory\, 3 Regent Road\, Liverpool\, L3 7DS\, Live rpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.419644;-3.000075 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3 Regent Road\, Liverpool\, L3 7DS\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Invisible Wind Factory:geo:53.419644,-3.000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR