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:7328@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230501 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230515 DTSTAMP:20230510T125408Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/liverpool-with-fire-and-rage/ SUMMARY:Liverpool: Liverpool: With Fire and Rage DESCRIPTION:euroWith Fire and Rage\n\nA specially commissioned audio tour w ill share stories from artists on the frontline in Ukraine with visitors t o Liverpool during the city’s Eurovision festivities. Original\, designe d artwork will mark the nine locations in Liverpool city centre\, which ar e free to access. \n\nCreated by renowned Ukrainian producer and cultural activist Veronika Skliarova and British director and writer Zoe Lafferty\ , With Fire and Rage features some of Ukraine’s most radical and innovat ive artists. Combining testimony with photography\, 360 images\, visual ar t\, poetry and music\, each of the stories focuses on a different artist i n Ukraine. Around 40 artists from Ukraine are featured in the work. \n\nHo w to enjoy this tour\n\nThis is an immersive audio experience sharing stor ies from artists on the frontline in Ukraine. \n\n Make sure your smartp hone is fully charged\n If you’re using an iPhone make sure you do not use Firefox\, instead use Safari or Chrome\n This audio tour is best expe rienced wearing headphones\, so bring them with you too!\n Check the weat her forecast. We’re a coastal city\, it’s changeable\n Some of the ve nues might not be open\, but don’t worry\, you’ll still be able to lis ten\n You can listen inside\, outside\, walking or sitting\n If you’re walking\, make sure you pay attention to the street and roads around you! \n There’s plenty of coffee shops\, toilets and places to eat and drink on route if you want to pause\n\nwww.withfireandrage.com \n\n@paradefest  \n\n@artistsonthefrontline \nLocations\nLiverpool Everyman Theatre\n\nO ur Biggest Premiere Yet\n\nThe full-scale invasion has put theatres in Ukr aine on the frontline. War has meant transforming every corner\; the stage becoming a space for humanitarian aid\, the costume department a place to make soldiers’ uniforms\, and staff becoming first responders. \n\nThe world-renowned Liverpool Everyman Theatre is the start of our tour. \n\n Hear from OLHA PUZHAKOVSKA\, Executive and Artistic Director of Lesya Ukra inka Theatre\, as she describes adapting the venue into a crisis response and humanitarian space\, including creating a plan to defend the venue wit h Molotov cocktails.\n\n \;\n\nLiverpool Philharmonic Hall\n\nSpirits From Concrete and Iron\n\nWhen bombs begin to fall\, artists are forced to lay down their instruments. Renowned musician and guitarist STAS KONONOV has stayed in the frontline city Kharkiv to volunteer. During intense shel ling\, he provides food and water for the 1000s of people in bomb shelters and living in the Kharkiv Metro station.\n\n \;\n\nSt Luke’s “Bom bed Out” Church\n\nFlowers That Grow From Concrete\n\nThe port city of M ariupol has long preserved its spirit in the face of violence and aggressi on by turning to culture. Since shelling in 2015\, art festivals\, exhibit ions and creative responses rose to champion the city’s heart. In the pa st year\, the bombardment of Mariupol\, frenzied and ruthless\, has shocke d the world. Artist and Arts Journalist ALVENTINA SHVETSOVA speaks of how she witnessed the bombing of Mariupol Drama Theatre and the murder of the people sheltering there.\n\n \;\n\nNews From Nowhere\n\nThe Dark Side of the Moon\n\nJournalism is not a crime but\, as on many frontlines\, the ability to record and report atrocity is a tenet of freedom. Crimean Tata r LUTFIE ZUDIEVA\, gave birth to her fourth child as Crimea was occupied a nd annexed in 2014. An event that inspired her to become a writer and led to her arrest. \n\n \;\n\nThe Bluecoat\n\nOur Own Personal Heroes\n\n How would you feel to have another country steal your heritage\, only to h ouse it in their own museums\, and rewrite your history?\n\nArtists and cu ltural organisations in Ukraine are on the frontline of preserving cultura l heritage ensuring that when the bombing stops\, they are able to rebuild their creative communities. Sitting in the Bluecoat Garden\, in the shelt er of Liverpool city centre’s oldest building\, and the UK’s oldest ar ts centre\, listen to OLEKSANDRA OSADCHA from the Museum of Kharkiv School Of Photography\, as she tells how they rescued their archives out of Khar kiv\, during intense shelling.\n\n \;\n\nLiverpool Central Library\n\n War of Words\n\nWriting is a form of resistance. Throughout this tour\, we include poems and testimony from Ukrainian writers. Here\, in Liverpool ’s cathedral of the written word\, we hear from writer turned war crimes researcher VICTORIA AMELINA who speaks about the murder of famous poet an d children’s writer Volodymyr Vakulenko.\n\n \;\n\nLovelocks Coffee Shop\n\nOur Place in Our City\n\nThe battle for equality has not stopped a s bombs fall. From candle-lit memorials to cars covered in rainbow streame rs\, activists have found ways to shout about human rights. Here\, at Love locks\, one of Liverpool’s safe spaces\, listen to renowned LGBT+ femini st activist ANNA SHARYHINA who describes the city performance intervention s that she has created during the full-scale invasion.\n\n \;\n\nMoorf ields Train Station\n\nConcerts Between Explosions\n\nThe air raid sirens ring out\, as missiles in the sky signal the start of shelling. Many flee to metro stations\, congregating underground.\n\nKharkivMusicFest is an in ternational classical musical event. On what would have been the first day of their festival in 2022\, their musicians created a concert for the tho usands of people living in Kharkiv Metro Station. Listen to JULIA NIKOLAJE VSKA from KharkivMusicFest as she tells of the “concerts between explosi ons”.\n\n \;\n\nLiverpool Parish Church\n\nBullet Words and Tank Son gs \n\nRussia’s war on Ukraine has transformed the life of every indivi dual in the country. By law\, all physically-fit Ukrainian men aged 18-60 are potentially subject to conscription. Leaving their towns\, cities and families they travel to Ukraine’s borders to fight. Some like DMYTRO KOS TYUMINSKYI\, a theatre and filmmaker\, have volunteered to become a soldie r on the frontline. He sends us voice messages to speak about his experien ces.\n\n \;\n\nwww.withfireandrage.com \n\n@paradefest \n\n@artistso nthefrontline  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/05/WfaR-Square-poster.png LOCATION:Liverpool\, Water Street\, Liverpool\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406445;-2.992941 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Water Street\, Liverpool\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Liverpool:geo:53.406 445,-2.992941 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