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:6778@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20220113 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20220321 DTSTAMP:20220106T154609Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-look-climate-la b-2022/ SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: Look Climate Lab 2022 DESCRIPTION:LOOK CLIMATE LAB 2022\n13 JANUARY - 20 MARCH 2022\n\n\n\n\nWhat are the images that we think of when we think of climate change\, and wha t is our social responsibility when it comes to reshaping this visual narr ative?\n\nTo understand how we can become more actively involved in making change\, recognising progress\, and making climate change a more understa ndable topic\, we invited partners to take over the gallery\, to use it as a lab space\, to show work in progress and talk through ideas.\n\nWe want to share the process of going from an idea to an outcome and to encourage a transparent way of working and producing in sustainable\, responsible w ays. We think that visual culture has a role to play in activism and think one of its strengths is its ability to make difficult or abstract ideas a ccessible. In turn\, we hope that this encourages you to ask questions\, m ake links between the overwhelming idea of climate change and understand h ow to advocate for change at a range of levels.\n\nImage: Dwarzack\, Day 4 \, from the series Wata Na Life. Ngadi Smart\, 2021\n\nIntroduction: 13 Ja nuary – 23 January\n\nWe have organised the Lab into five themes of ener gy\, materials\, transport\, nature\, and food. We’re opening the climat e lab with a series of research projects exploring ecology and climate cha nge in partnership with the Visual Studies Journal. Through gathering more information and feedback from audiences\, the responsive projects will ea ch be featured in the journal as visual essays and articles. The projects range from using Minecraft as a platform for creating more ideal environme nts\, to building and sharing visual archives\, evoking memories around th e use of fossil fuels\, to uncovering the prehistoric era through drone fo otage. This takes place alongside our exhibition in partnership with Water Aid and BJP. This exhibition\, on display for the duration of the lab\, fe atures new commissions by Calvin Chow\, Marisol Mendez &\; Monty Kaplan \, and Ngadi Smart. The projects look at who is affected first\, worst\, a nd most often by climate change and demonstrates the power of visual cultu re as a way of presenting these challenges.\n\n \;\n\nEnergy: 26 Janua ry – 6 February\n\nNext\, Steve McCoy and Stephanie Wynne lead us throug h our focus on energy use in collaboration with the University of Salford Art Collection and Energy House. The images\, data\, and interactive eleme nts offer suggestions and guidance on how we can make small\, everyday cha nges to make our houses more energy efficient. There are more learning op portunities in the form of Sussex University’s new Liberal Arts degree. Their weekly Arts &\; Ecology classes will be streamed into the gallery throughout the Lab providing an engaging and unique way of learning beyon d the classroom. Arts duo Then There Was Us will also feature selected wo rk from an environment based open call and launch their new\, interactive website encouraging users to respond to questions on the climate.\n\n  \;\n\nMaterials and Transport: 9 February – 20 February\n\nThe materials and transport section features hands-on workshops to give people the chan ce to get involved in repairing and mending items and learning more about mass production of clothing and upcycling textiles as a way of renewing th em. Michelle Pratt unveils research on agrotextiles and recycled collages\ , tapestries and fabrics made from waste materials while Teresa Hardy’s work on circular fashion takes us through various stages involved in garme nt production\, while other projects outline additional creative ways to r euse materials and clothing. There is also the opportunity to learn more about micro plastics and their impact and involvement in the food chain th rough the temporary exhibition by Sam Wallis. Growing Sudley introduce us to the uses of weeds and wildflowers through workshops outlining their hea lth and wellbeing benefits. Online and in gallery climate cafes will give more space for sharing thoughts\, feelings\, and concerns on the climate.  Throughout this\, Liverpool’s cooperative bicycle scheme Peloton will be temporarily taking over the gallery and running bicycle repairs as well as going on organised evening rides from the gallery.\n\n \;\n\nNatur e: 23 February – 6 March\n\nThe following focus brings together partners who are engaged in nature as a space of exploration. Nature as a theme is wide reaching and includes the environment and the world around us\, as w ell as humans\, non-human animals\, and plants and wildlife. Moving image projects introduce environmental elements such as water and the pollinatio n process to make these ideas clear and understandable. There is also a fo cus on seeds and rewilding areas and (re)connecting people to natural spac es. There will also be theatre productions and writing workshops and a min i safari for young audiences\, giving them the freedom to stretch their im aginations and imagine other ways of nature shaping itself\, and being sha ped by human activity.\n\n \;\n\nFood: 9 March – 20 March\n\nThe rel ationship between food and a changing climate\, and our reliance on farmin g and growing networks is made clear through these partnerships. The final weeks of the Lab give us a rounded view of how we can get involved with g rowing food and understanding the importance of biodiversity. This covers activities including seed sowing\, growing and cooking workshops\, and awa reness training on how to reduce bills and make small changes in our house s. There will also be a temporary exhibition by Hellen Songa featuring por traits introducing members of Liverpool Community Food Growers Network wit h short texts explaining their involvement and interest in growing food an d sharing insights\, outlining this as an achievable route into gardening\ , growing\, and volunteering.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/05/Open-EyeVENUE-1024x682.jpg LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\ , L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.40423;-2.994412 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mann Island\, Liverpool Wat erfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=1 00;X-TITLE=Open Eye Gallery:geo:53.40423,-2.994412 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR