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:6081@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200827T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200827T203000 DTSTAMP:20200826T133440Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/metal-future-network-shorts-2/ SUMMARY:Metal at Edge Hill Station: Metal: Future Network Shorts DESCRIPTION:Thursday 27th August\nWe are delighted to present August’s Fu ture Network Shorts in partnership with Season For Change\, with this mont h's programme focused on artists exploring climate change and the environ ment within their work.\nMake sure to follow Metal Culture UK on Facebook \, Instagram &\; Twitter\n\nFuture Network Shorts is a brand new mon thly programme\, that showcases 6 artists from a range of different artfor ms and practices. Each artists will host a 15 minute sharing of their work online across our social media platforms\, so make sure you're following Metal Culture UK on Facebook\, Twitter and Instagram to avoid missing out.  More information about the programme can be found here\n\n--\n\n1PM: H WA YOUNG JUNG\nEndosymbiotic Love Calendar - Instagram Live\n\nJoin artis t Hwa Young Jung and microbiologist Yasmine Kumordzi to talk about finding Love in the time of Climate Crisis by becoming matchmakers between humans and microorganisms.\n\nEndosymbiotic Love Calendar brings performance art ists &\; scientists working together to embody a microorganism for ever y month of 2021. This art + science collaboration delves into the (renewed public awareness of the) microbial world and the fragile interdependence of our coexistence on this planet through the lens of queer ecology. This LIVE chat asks the diverse team of human animals what they see as their pa rt in taking action to address this most pressing question of our times.\n \n--\n\n2PM: EMILY BOWERS  \nOcean Ghosts - A Book Project Tour - Insta gram Live \n\n‘Ocean Ghosts’ is a non-fiction picture book that Emily is currently working on. The book guides us through effects of ghost fish ing in a narrative way\, whilst also looking at the effects it has on the ecosystems of the Ocean and how if it begins to collapse this will change how the ocean helps regulate the planet / climate. Helping us learn about the species affected by this destructive issue whilst inspiring us with wa ys we can help.\n\nEmily's main source of inspiration has always been the natural world. Its beauty is endless and full of shapes\, colour palettes\ , movement and design. She hopes to use her work as a platform to help pro tect it and continue educating and raising awareness for the issues we fac e today through storytelling. Observing the world around her is integral t o her work whether it’s through drawing\, seeing\, or memories. She love s creating artwork with a sense of atmosphere and movement.\n\n--\n\n3PM: CLAIRE COLLISON\nLiving Room Expedition - Instagram Live\n\nJoin urban-do mestic botanist Claire Collison as she prowls around her Brixton flat ask- ing\, ‘is this natural?’ Locked-down in London\, Claire began experime nting with plant identification apps - initially to track down and name pa vement plants on her daily walks. This inevitably led to other things…\n Claire invites you to join her on Instagram Live where she will give a wh istle-stop introduction before inviting you to join her in a plant hunt ar ound your own do-mestic interior. (If you want to download the free versio ns of PlantSnap and INaturalist ahead of the session\, please do\, but it isn’t essential.)\n\n--\n\n6PM: HARUN MORRISON\nInstagram Live\n\nHarun Morrison is an artist and writer currently living on a narrow boat on Reg ent’s Canal. Alongside Helen Walker\, he co-founded the collective art p ractice ‘They Are Here’ in 2006. Through this collaboration they explo re group dynamics\, questions of authorship and politics of visibility. Re cent commissions include I’ll Bring You Flowers (2019) Survival Kit 10\, Riga\, Laughing Matter (2018) at Studio Voltaire\, the performance 40 Tem ps\, 8 Days (2017) at Tate Modern and Beacon Garden (2018 - 2020)\, a comm ission to co-design  and community build a public garden in Dagenham\, Ea st London at the invitation of Create London. Website \n\n--\n\n7PM: ADA M SADIQ  \nEcosystem 2 - Instagram Live\n\nDirected by technologist Ada m Sadiq\, Ecosystem 2 (e2)\, is a platform that explores the field of soci o-ecological futures. Using mediums like the internet of things\, 3d print ing\, data visualisation and programming\, e2 create engagement projects\, learning resources and artworks that all emerge from the aim of sensing G AIA in different modalities and perspectives.\n\nAdam will be presenting w ork and discussing approaches of e2’s work around climate change\, techn ology and landscapes. In his FNS Adam will discuss a critical approach to how art and science\; nature and culture\; learning and acting\; might all interplay in the anthropocene.\ne2 Website - and Adam's Website\n\n--\ n\n8PM: HECTOR DYER\nInstagram Live\n\nOn Instagram live\, Hector will loo k at how denial and time go hand in hand with our environmental situation. Tune in for sound\, spoken word and video!\n\nHector Dyer started out mak ing street performances in Bristol which developed in larger outdoor proce ssions. He now works across performance\, fabrics and text. He looks at ti me and memory to explore our relationship to the natural world\, often wor king with participants and in collaboration with collectives. His solo wor k has been shown at Tate Modern\, Tate Liverpool\, National Maritime Museu m and Barbican Centre\, he is an associative artist of Hackney Showroom.\n \n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2020/05/Metal_Future-Network_Promo-Animation.gif CATEGORIES:Performance LOCATION:Metal at Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, Li verpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.401559;-2.948915 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L 7 6ND\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Metal at Edg e Hill Station:geo:53.401559,-2.948915 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR