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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/victoria-gallery-and-museum-live
 rpool-biennial-2023-at-victoria-gallery-and-museum/
SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Victoria Gallery and Museum: Liverpool B
 iennial 2023 at Victoria Gallery and Museum
DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Biennial 2023 at Victoria Gallery and Museum\n10 June
  – 17 September 2023\n\nExhibition is open weekly on Tuesday\, Wednesday
 \, Thursday\, Friday &amp\; Saturday. Check venue opening times for furthe
 r information.\n\nThe artists at Victoria Gallery &amp\; Museum each explo
 re ancestral memory and contemporary experience. Their works\, like altars
 \, offer spaces to rest\, reflect and listen.\n\n**Please note that for Su
 nday 11th June only\, Victoria Gallery &amp\; Museum will be open from 10a
 m – 5pm**\n\nThrough these almost spiritual works\, the artists invite u
 s to engage with archives and collective memories. They ask us to contempl
 ate the various ways in which our histories\, and the wisdom of our ancest
 ors\, live on to impact our position within\, and understanding of\, the w
 orld.\n\nAntonio Obá’s ‘Jardim’ (2022)\, meaning Garden in Portugue
 se\, is a large-scale installation consisting of hundreds of brass bells. 
 The interactive installation invites visitors to follow a path through the
  work\, encouraging active participation through the ringing of the bells.
  The immersive environment simulates a hideout – the bells act as bait\,
  calling us to touch them. By completing this irresistible action\, we sou
 nd the alarm and reveal our presence and location. In this scenario\, we b
 ecome both the hunter and the hunted. Obá draws on his research of huntin
 g environments to present this ambiguous situation that is simultaneously 
 an invitation and a trap.\n\nCharmaine Watkiss’ work forms what she call
 s ‘memory stories’\, visual representations of her research into the A
 frican Caribbean diaspora mapped onto life-sized figures. The artist’s w
 ork traces African ancestral traditions which survived the Transatlantic c
 rossing\; the stories\, rituals\, and customs which have become a part of 
 Caribbean culture. ‘Witness’ (2023) depicts two deities who share tale
 s of courage in the face of adversity. The illustrated figures are symbols
  of collection and reflection\, representing the unheard voices and storie
 s which survived the Middle Passage. The work invites us to contemplate\, 
 reflect and gather our energy for the journey towards healing.\n\nGala Por
 ras-Kim’s intricate drawings\, ‘Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces
 ’ (2023)\, imagine objects created from ancient vessels\, combined to cr
 eate new forms and functions. A drawing of shells\, once used as ritual wi
 nd instruments\, questions the sounds they would have made individually 
 – a sound that recalls an earlier space\, but now becomes a collective s
 ound. A second drawing depicts empty moulds from an ancient factory. We se
 e negative spaces in place of objects which are no longer present\, with f
 unctions that are no longer available\, but which hold the potential to be
  reimagined and remade. Porras-Kim explores the difficulty of remembering\
 , imagining and recreating specific sounds and acoustics from history\, ov
 er time and across space. She examines the possibility of recovering or re
 producing objects to help us understand how people in the past created and
  experienced physical and sonic spaces\; exploring how we might remember a
 nd archive sonically\, as well as visually.\n\n
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LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo
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