As part of a shared commitment to enhancing learning and collaboration between UK and international Curators, Liverpool Biennial and the British Council are joining forces to offer 8 fully-funded opportunities to attend a Curator’s networking and development week, within the 13th edition of Liverpool Biennial.
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This programme will consist of talks, workshops, performances, tours, trips and networking opportunities with national peers and artists, all of which will be tailored to the individual ambitions and practices of the selected delegation. The aim is the support and offer development opportunities for international curators to make links with UK practitioners and institutions and to foster future collaboration.
Applications are open to mid-career Curators living and working in select countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
About the Curator’s Week Programme
These opportunities are open to Curator’s who are looking to expand their international networks and knowledge. In particular, we’re inviting those whose practices or approach might resonate and connect with the Liverpool Biennial 2025 theme of BEDROCK.
‘BEDROCK’ draws on Liverpool’s distinctive geography and the beliefs which underpin the city’s social foundations. It is inspired by the sandstone which spans the city region and is found in its distinctive architecture. ‘BEDROCK’ also acts as a metaphor for the social foundations of Liverpool and the people, places and values that ground all of us.
The city’s geological foundations and its psyche have provided the starting point for the conversations of Liverpool Biennial 2025, with the invited artists bringing us their own definition of ‘BEDROCK’. Definitions which include family and chosen family, cultural heritage carried across the generations, and the environments that nurture and restore them. Central to this understanding of ‘BEDROCK’ is the sense of loss that comes from the ongoing legacies of colonialism and empire so formative to Liverpool’s foundations.
Successful recipients (8 places available) will attend a week-long research and development trip to Liverpool (UK) at a key point in the festival. The week is designed to offer opportunities for discourse, inspiration, knowledge and skills exchange, and to encourage Curators to build professional relationships with one another and their UK-based peers and artists.
Across the week, recipients will have opportunity to participate in a number of curated talks, workshops, trips, studio visits, presentations and events, all of which aim to facilitate sharing and connectivity between practices and geographies. This will include attending performances by Liverpool Biennial 2025 artists, opportunity to present your practice or interests to the group, hospitality events with local and national organisations, artists and curators, studio visits with local artists, and tailored opportunities for individuals based on their own practices and research. There will also be an opportunity to discover the broader cultural scene in the North of England with a daytrip to Bradford City of Culture 2025.
Participants will also have opportunity to contribute to our digital resource journal Stages, alongside the ongoing evaluation of the programme.
To find out more about this opportunity, download the information pack below