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International 08: MADE UP
Celebrating 10 years of commissioning ambitious and challenging new work by leading international artists, the fifth edition of Liverpool Biennial’s International exhibition is MADE UP, an exploration of the power of the artistic imagination.
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Ai Weiwei
Artist, architect, curator and prolific blogger, Ai Weiwei’s practise defies easy categorisation, except perhaps for a recurring delight in play and provocation. Ai often draws on the materials of the past for his work, transforming them through assembly, remoulding, or sheer destruction, into present day commentary.
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Manfredi Beninati
Manfredi Beninati’s installations transport us to fictitious worlds, redolent of dreams and half forgotten memories. Interiors furnished with all the signs and hints of human occupation lie abandoned and beyond reach, tantalising us with their half-told stories.
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Launching on 20.08.2008, exactly one month before the Biennial festival, Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Arbores Laetae playfully reinvents the tradition of the public park. The work transforms a brownfield site, situated on a key route into city centre, into a beautiful wooded space for contemplation.
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The Drawing Room at Tate
Conceived to further explore the theme of ‘Made Up’, The Drawing Room at Tate Liverpool highlights the importance of the medium of drawing in the cognitive and physical act of making up.
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Venues:
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FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the UK’s leading organisation for the commissioning and presentation of film, video and ...
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For over 30 years Open Eye Gallery has been at the cutting edge of contemporary photography and a range of media, including film, video and install...
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The gallery is a natural habitat for MADE UP, a space sanctioned for dreams and make-believe. Visitors come fully expecting to leave ‘real li...
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Newly refurbished, this is Liverpool city centre’s oldest building, the UK’s oldest arts centre and a community of creative businesses ...
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At the heart of Liverpool’s famous Albert Dock, Tate Liverpool is the northern home of Tate’s collection and presents a distinctive pro...
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Volunteer with Liverpool Biennial!
08.07.08Liverpool Biennial is now recruiting volunteers for the 2008 festival.
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The Joyful Trees have launched!
22.08.08Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Arbores Laetae (Joyful Trees) la...
