)Bracket This( II
)Bracket THIS( – ‘Going Native’
The sequel to the Mercy/Fiction 2004 Biennial show, March 2nd – March 24th @ Arena House, Duke Street, Liverpool.
A year in the research stage, )Bracket THIS ( – Going Native features newly commissioned work from: Tim Ellis (as featured in the Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, and The Jerwood Drawing Prize, whose picture fell from the wall at the last exhibition while no-one was there and did’nt make a sound); Malini Vivian (a fine art graduate, John Moores University, famous for her fabulous ice sculptures, temporal sculptress); Kathy Wu (doing the signage in Traditional Chinese calligraphy, so you won’t know where you’re at); Nahida Yassin (Palistinian traditional craft, stiching, poetry, mixed media, affecting reportage); Tenzin Yonten (subverting the ideals of the traditional Tibetan Thanka-style paintings, adding perspective)
Plus existing work from over fifteen other artists, from China, England, India, Jamaica, Somalia, Trinidad, Italy, all currently living and working in Liverpool.
WEDNESDAY 08 MARCH 19.30 – 23.00
The GONZO Show inc. NONNI JACKSON TWIST – Cabaret
AYO OGOLA – Poetics
FICTION Massive – Poetics
MANA BOZHO North – American Drum Troop
SUNDAY 12 MARCH 19.00 – 23.00
JOHN SMITH & The Wooden Ducks
BLUE LANTERN – New Welsh Folk
AMRO BILAL – Arabic Instrumentals
OSCAR – Latin Folk
1UP – Nintendo Power Pop
FRIDAY 17 MARCH 19.30 – 23.00
The HIVE Collective bring the noise – Electronica
HOPE UNI FILM Showcase – UNDER THE FREEWAY/URBAN LANDSCAPES
Artists’ cinema often reveals the sections of a city which have been ignored in standard topographies. The screening will also feature a selection of films about the artistic communities who inhabit this ignored landscape, producing their work outside of systems of gallery and institutional support.The programme which will include films by Guy Sherwin, Henry Hills and Emily Richardson is kindly supported by Liverpool Hope University.
FRIDAY 24 MARCH 19.30 – late
CLOSING PARTY: TRANSLATION KARAOKE
Info – Runs 2-24 March 2006,
opening times: Tue-Sun, 12:00-18:00
more details on the )Bracket THIS( blog.
