Open Eye Gallery: Launch: Self-Defined. New Stories From Archives; and Everyone Needs Food
Date: 16.4.26
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Open Eye Gallery, Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 1BP
Join Open Eye Gallery for the launch of new exhibitions!
16 April / 6–8pm / Open Eye Gallery / RSVP
The projects featured in the main gallery exhibition, Self-Defined. New Stories From Archives, range from an exploration of post-WW2 displacement and border changes through the stories of families from Poland, Germany, and Ukraine to the history of the Crimean Tatars in the 20th century to a decades-long photographic exploration of life in the Latvian countryside; from playful collages deconstructing Soviet tourist photographs to a speculative video dealing with the disappearance of the family archive. The exhibition features works by Karolina Gembara, Emine Ziyatdin, Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, Līga Goldberga, Zenta Dzividzinska.
In the atrium (on photography stands), we’ll have Everyone Needs Food, a collaborative exhibition by photographer Jane MacNeil, developed through University of Liverpool research, exploring how community food support in Liverpool reflects the realities of cost-of-living pressures, resilience, and lived experience to spark conversation on food insecurity.
