60-476: Liverpool Biennial is the largest international contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom . Since its launch in 1998, Liverpool Biennial has commissioned over 380 new artworks and presented work by over 530 artists from around the world. During the last 10 years, Liverpool Biennial has had an economic impact of £119.6 million. Liverpool Biennial 2014 nearly 877,000 visits. Liverpool Biennial
120-453: A Rhizome.org interview: I would characterize my work as a whole as an attempt to be attentive to the poetics of daily life by focusing on those phenomena that shape everyday experience, often slightly below the threshold of notice (and, yes, value) Koh's work encompasses the artistic styles of conceptual art , environmental art , and minimalism . In an on-going work titled Knitwork (1992-present), Koh unravels used garments and re-knits
180-401: A "festival dai" was a religious holiday. The first recorded used of the word "festival" as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall"). Feast first came into usage as a noun c. 1200 , and its first recorded use as a verb was circa 1300. The word gala comes from Arabic word khil'a , meaning robe of honor. The word gala was initially used to describe "festive dress", but came to be
240-724: A Christian saint as well as a celebration of the time of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, where it is particularly important in Sweden. Winter carnivals also provide the opportunity to utilise to celebrate creative or sporting activities requiring snow and ice. In the Philippines , each day of the year has at least one festival dedicated to harvesting of crops, fishes, crustaceans, milk, and other local goods. Scholarly literature notes that festivals functionally disseminate political values and meaning, such as ownership of place, which undergoes transformation in accordance with
300-444: A Haystack include: Uri Aran, Marc Bauer, Bonnie Camplin, Jef Cornelis , Carlos Cruz-Diez , Chris Evans, Rana Hamadeh, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Judith Hopf, Aaron Flint Jamison, Norma Jeane, Nicola L. , Sharon Lockhart, William Leavitt, James McNeill Whistler , Michael Nyman , Claude Parent , Christina Ramberg, Michael Stevenson, Josef Strau, Stefan Tcherepnin, Peter Wächtler and Amelie von Wulffen. Liverpool Biennial 2014
360-529: A global tourist prospect although they are commonly public or not-for-profit . Many festivals have religious origins and entwine cultural and religious significance in traditional activities. The most important religious festivals such as Christmas , Rosh Hashanah , Diwali , Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha serve to mark out the year. Others, such as harvest festivals , celebrate seasonal change. Events of historical significance, such as important military victories or other nation-building events also provide
420-411: A project called Sightings (1992–1998), which involved the commercial printing and publishing of images found in public as postcards. These postcards closely interacted with the individuals they reached, drawing emphasis on the ideas of making art out of common everyday objects and experiences as well as recognizing the uniqueness of common places. In addition to her artistic work, Koh is co-founder of
480-511: A result of which there is a wide range of ancient and modern harvest festivals . Ancient Egyptians relied upon the seasonal inundation caused by the Nile River , a form of irrigation , which provided fertile land for crops. In the Alps , in autumn the return of the cattle from the mountain pastures to the stables in the valley is celebrated as Almabtrieb . A recognized winter festival,
540-600: A synonym of "festival" starting in the 18th century. Festivals have long been significant in human culture and history and are found in virtually all cultures. The importance of festivals, to the present, is found in private and public; secular and religious life. Ancient Greek and Roman societies relied heavily upon festivals, both communal and administrative. Saturnalia was likely influential to Christmas and Carnival . Celebration of social occasions, religion and nature were common. Specific festivals have century-long histories and festivals in general have developed over
600-615: A year-round programme of commissioning art for the public realm, such as Richard Wilson 's Turning the Place Over and Antony Gormley 's Another Place at Crosby Beach . The organizers also promote an ongoing educational programme. The Biennial coincides with the John Moores Painting Prize , an open submission award to the best contemporary painting in the UK. The winning work and shortlisted pieces are exhibited at
660-486: Is a Malaysian-born and Canadian conceptual artist based in Vancouver . Her works incorporate the artistic styles of neo-conceptual art , minimalism , and environmental art , and is concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places. Koh is an independent curator and partner in the independent record label Weewerk . She also used to be an assistant curator of contemporary art at
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#1732772240926720-487: Is inspired by the sandstone which spans the city region and is found in its distinctive architecture. The 13th edition is curated by Marie-Anne McQuay and will take place 7 June - 14 September 2025. 53°24′32″N 2°58′52″W / 53.409°N 2.981°W / 53.409; -2.981 Festival A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures . It
780-477: Is often marked as a local or national holiday , mela , or eid . A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization , as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore , a significant origin is agricultural . Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn , such as Halloween in
840-619: The Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , and Anglican liturgical calendars there are a great number of lesser feasts throughout the year commemorating saints, sacred events or doctrines. In the Philippines , each day of the year has at least one specific religious festival, either from Catholic, Islamic, or indigenous origins. Buddhist religious festivals, such as Esala Perahera are held in Sri Lanka and Thailand. Hindu festivals , such as Holi are very ancient. The Sikh community celebrates
900-601: The Chinese New Year , is set by the lunar calendar, and celebrated from the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice . Dree Festival of the Apatanis living in Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrated every year from July 4 to 7 by praying for a bumper crop harvest. Midsummer or St John's Day, is an example of a seasonal festival, related to the feast day of
960-473: The City of Vancouver 's engineering art residence is bringing the community together to determine what they would like to see happen for buildings, pipes, public spaces, and also demolitions. An example of this would be the "sewer time capsule" which was created 13 July 2019. This brought together members of the community to paint on a pipe that was then used as sewer upgrades in the area which would stay in use for
1020-667: The National Gallery of Canada . Her exhibition history includes the Baltic Centre (Newcastle) , De Appel (Amsterdam) , Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal , Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Bloomberg Space (London) , The Power Plant (Toronto) , Seoul Museum of Art , Artspace (Sydney) , The British Museum (London), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver) , Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) , and
1080-758: The National Peanut Festival in the United States, or the Galway International Oyster Festival in Ireland. There are also specific beverage festivals, such as the famous Oktoberfest in Germany for beer . Many countries hold festivals to celebrate wine . One example is the global celebration of the arrival of Beaujolais nouveau , which involves shipping the new wine around the world for its release date on
1140-506: The Philippines , aside from numerous art festivals scattered throughout the year, February is known as national arts month, the culmination of all art festivals in the entire archipelago. The modern model of music festivals began in the 1960s-70s and have become a lucrative global industry. Predecessors extend back to the 11th century and some, such as the Three Choirs Festival, remain to this day. Film festivals involve
1200-650: The Vaisakhi festival marking the new year and birth of the Khalsa . Among the many offspring of general arts festivals are also more specific types of festivals, including ones that showcase intellectual or creative achievement such as science festivals , literary festivals and music festivals . Sub-categories include comedy festivals , rock festivals , jazz festivals and buskers festivals ; poetry festivals, theatre festivals , and storytelling festivals ; and re-enactment festivals such as Renaissance fairs . In
1260-705: The Walker Art Gallery as part of the Liverpool Biennial programme. In 2004, the festival caused controversy by exhibiting a work by Yoko Ono entitled My mummy was beautiful . This was a series of full colour photographs of a woman's breast and crotch, which were exhibited throughout the city centre. Peter Johansson's Swedish red was a one-room house at the Pier Head painted bright red and playing ABBA 's record " Dancing Queen ". The Walker Art Gallery mounted The Stuckists Punk Victorian ,
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#17327722409261320-480: The Biennial's showpiece International 08 exhibition was "Made Up". Throughout 2008 as part of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture , new commissions for the public realm included Winter Lights (a series of neon lights by international artists, such as Frank Scurti and Michael Pinsky, in collaboration with local communities), Visible Virals ( interventionist artworks in public spaces and buildings in
1380-576: The Future , Flashback , and Software . Among the locations for Liverpool Biennial 2016 were the Cains Brewery on Stanhope Street, the former ABC Cinema on Lime Street, the Oratory, Toxteth Reservoir , streets, squares, restaurants, a supermarket, and all the key visual art venues in the city including Tate Liverpool, FACT, Open Eye Gallery and Bluecoat. Also presented during the 2016 Biennial are
1440-802: The Independents and New Contemporaries . Participating artists included Monica Bonvicini , Mark Bradford , Matthew Buckingham , Chen Chieh-Jen , Esra Ersen , Carlos Garaicoa , Simryn Gill , Shilpa Gupta , Jeppe Hein , Oscar Melgar & Jesus Javier Jaime , Toba Khedoori , Hans-Peter Kuhn , Ken Lum , Teresa Margolles , Kelly Mark , Lee Mingwei , Priscilla Monge , Mario Navarro , Lisa Oppenheim , Philippe Parreno , Anu Pennanen , Amalia Pica , Jean-François Prost , Rigo 23 , Qasim Riza Shaheen , Shimabuku , Julianne Swartz , The Kingpins , Kuang-Yu Tsui , Adriana Varejao , Humberto Velez , Matej Andraz Vogrincic , Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Jun Yang , Yang Jiechang . The theme and title of
1500-572: The John Moores Painting Prize 2016 at Walker Art Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 at Bluecoat, and the Biennial Fringe. Liverpool Biennial 2016 was curated by Sally Tallant, Dominic Willsdon, Francesco Manacorda, Raimundas Malasauskas, Joasia Krysa, Rosie Cooper, Polly Brannan, Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, Ying Tan, Sandeep Parmar, and Steven Cairns. The 2018 Biennial ran from 14 July to 28 October 2018 and
1560-1553: The LJMU Copperas Hill Building; Israeli artist, Oded Hirsch presented Lift a work which appeared to burst through the floor of Liverpool ONE - Liverpool's retail destination. Artists who were part of The Unexpected Guest included Doug Aitken with David Adjaye, John Akomfrah , Hurvin Anderson , Janine Antoni , Keith Arnatt , Kader Attia , Yael Bartana , Sylvie Blocher , Andrea Bowers , Sophie Calle , Rhys Chatham, Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson, Enrico David , Eugenio Dittborn , Elmgreen and Dragset , Peter Fischli & David Weiss , FormContent , Dora Garcia , Gilbert and George , Simryn Gill , Mona Hatoum , Fritz Haeg , Oded Hirsch , Thomas Hirschhorn , Nadia Kaabi Linke , Markus Kahre , William Kentridge , Anja Kirschner and David Panos , Jakob Kolding , Jiri Kovanda , Suzanne Lacy , Runo Lagomarsino , Jorge Macchi , Dane Mitchell , Sabelo Mlangeni , Mark Morrisroe , Patrick Murphy , Ahmet Ögüt , Field Operations , Trevor Paglen , Christodoulos Panayiotou , Martin Parr , Pedro Reyes , Rhizome , Pamela Rosenkranz , George Shaw , Pak Sheung Chuen , Patrick Waterhouse , Mikhael Subotzky , Superflex , Sinta Tantra , Althea Thauberger , Mark Titchner , Jeanne van Heeswijk , Mark Wallinger , Jemima Wyman , Ming Wong , Kohei Yoshiyuki and Akram Zaatari Liverpool Biennial 2012
1620-716: The Liverpool, Sydney and Montréal biennials. Koh was born in George Town, Malaysia . She emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of two and was raised in Armstrong, British Columbia . Koh received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio in 1989 and theory and history of art in 1990 at the University of Ottawa . She later obtained a Master of Fine Arts in 1993 from Hunter College in New York. Koh's work draws
1680-480: The North of England: Simeon Barclay, Jacqueline Bebb, Lindsey Bull, Robert Carter & Lauren Velvick, Nina Chua, Matthew Crawley, Frances Disley , Daniel Fogarty, Harry Meadley, and Stephen Sheehan. The Liverpool Biennial 2016 exhibition was conceived as a series of 'episodes' drawing inspiration from Liverpool's past, present and future, named as Ancient Greece , Chinatown , The Children’s Episode , Monuments from
1740-611: The Toronto-based record label and artist-management company Weewerk . She is also an athlete. Koh played varsity volleyball and badminton at the University of Ottawa and is a former captain of roller derby team the Terminal City All-Stars . Her interest in the relationship between creativity and athleticism resulted in the creation of The Koh-Verchere Award for Athletic and Creative Excellence , an Emily Carr University of Art and Design student award, and
1800-439: The UK. Since 2006, the Liverpool Biennial has included 'collateral' events organised and supported by embassies, international agencies, or galleries, and promoted by Liverpool Biennial as a part of the programme. In 2010, for the first time, the biennial offered a platform for exhibitions organised overseas and promoted under the title City States . Visitors to the Biennial spent £27 million total in 2010. Liverpool Biennial has
1860-493: The active participation of its audiences. One example of such works include an art gallery titled "ad hoc gallery" which was put on display in collaboration with Geoffrey Brown from 1993-1994. An example of one which incorporates its participants into the art piece itself is League , which began in 2012 and is categorized as a "participatory project". Koh describes League as "an open group of people who gather regularly to play sports and games invented or conceived by members of
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1920-460: The calendar in use at the time. The Sed festival , for example, celebrated the thirtieth year of an Egyptian pharaoh 's rule and then every three (or four in one case) years after that. Among the Ashantis , most of their traditional festivals are linked to gazette sites which are believed to be sacred with several rich biological resources in their pristine forms. Thus, the annual commemoration of
1980-933: The city), and a series of Pavilions (creating spaces for cultural activity in local communities). Again there was also the John Moores Painting Prize (No. 25), the New Contemporaries and The Independents. Participating artists included Ai Weiwei , David Altmejd , Atelier Bow-Wow , Guy Ben-Ner , Manfredi Beninati , David Blandy , U-Ram Choe , Adam Cvijanovic , Nancy Davenport , Diller Scofidio + Renfro , Leandro Erlich , Omer Fast , Adrian Ghenie , Rodney Graham , Tue Greenfort , Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler , Alison Jackson , Jesper Just , Otto Karvonen , Yayoi Kusama , Ulf Langheinrich (Granular-Synthesis), Luisa Lambri , Gabriel Lester , Annette Messager , Tracey Moffatt , Yoko Ono, Ged Quinn , Khalil Rabah , The Royal Art Lodge , Sarah Sze , Tomas Saraceno , Richard Woods. The 6th biennial in Liverpool
2040-458: The community ... The project is founded in a belief in the value of emergent behaviour and the process of making sense of things." Koh emphasizes games, sport, and play as forms of problem-solving which focus on the mental over the physical and the processes of learning, adapting, and evolution through iteration as central to the overall concept of the project. Koh combines both making use of discarded or found items and active participation in
2100-622: The consumption of specially prepared food (showing the connection to "feasting") and they bring people together. Festivals are also strongly associated with national holidays. Lists of national festivals are published to make participation easier. The scale of festivals varies; in location and attendance, they may range from a local to national level. Music festivals, for example, often bring together disparate groups of people, such that they are both localised and global. The "vast majority" of festivals are, however, local, modest and populist. The abundance of festivals significantly hinders quantifying
2160-401: The derby name "PLAYER 1" before captaining the Terminal City All-Stars . The project by Koh and Geoffrey Brown titled "ad hoc gallery" received a review from Gunter Nolte , Visual Arts Department Head at University of Ottawa , as he comments "They are making an enormous contribution to the community art scene. They are so committed they finance the gallery from their own jobs." An aspect of
2220-719: The establishment of Vancouver's League . Koh was part of the design team for the No. 2 Road North Drainage Pump Station in Richmond B.C ., which was awarded the Public Works Association of British Columbia 2018 Project of the Year award. In 2018, Koh became the first artist-in-residence in the City of Vancouver engineering department. Koh has 25 years of leadership with non-profit organizations . She has been coaching roller derby since 2010. In 2015, Koh established
2280-494: The festival. Furthermore, a festival may act as an artefact which allows citizens to achieve "certain ideals", including those of identity and ideology. Festivals may be used to rehabilitate or elevate the image of a city; the ephemerality of festivals means that their impact is often incorporeal, of name, memory and perception. In deviating from routine, festivals may reinforce the convention, be it social, cultural or economic. Germaine Koh Germaine Koh (born 1967)
2340-657: The festivals helps in maintaining the buoyancy of the conserved natural site, assisting in biodiversity conservation. In the Christian liturgical calendar , there are two principal feasts, properly known as the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) and the Feast of the Resurrection (Easter), but minor festivals in honour of local patron saints are celebrated in almost all countries influenced by Christianity. In
2400-1721: The first major show of the Stuckist artists, who had not previously been given official recognition. Participating artists included Lara Almarcegui , Ursula Biemann , Yael Bartana , Luis Camnitzer , Paolo Canevari , Billy Childish , Amanda Coogan , Marysia Lewandowska & Neil Cummings , Dias & Riedweg , Maria Eichhorn , Carl Michael von Hausswolff , Satch Hoyt , Huang Yong Ping , Sanja Ivekovic , Francesco Jodice , Peter Johansson , Yeondoo Jung , Werner Kaligofsky , Germaine Koh , Andreja Kuluncic , Oswaldo Macia , Jill Magid , Inigo Manglano-Ovalle , Esko Männikkö , Dorit Margreiter , Cildo Meireles , Takashi Murakami , Yoko Ono, Mathias Poledna , Marjetica Potrc , Raqs Media Collective , Navin Rawanchaikul , Martha Rosler , Santiago Sierra , Valeska Soares , Rirkrit Tiravanija , Yang Fudong , Oliver Bancroft , Thomas Bangsted , David Blandy , Margarita Bofiliou , Dave Carbone , Lali Chetwynd , Petros Chrisostomou , Joe Clark , James Connelly , Tessa Farmer , Oriana Fox , Sarah Gilder , Anton Goldenstein , Mauricio Guillen , Thomas Hylander , Yvonne Jones , Samson Kambalu , Ahn Kang-hyun , Karoly Kesaru , Heidi Kilpelainen , Steven Lowery , Nicky Magliulo , Gary McDonald , Sarah Michael , Thomas Needham , Robert Nichol , Jesse Richards , David Rowland , Michael Sailstorfer , Margaret Salmon , Qasim Riza Shaheen , Shen Yuan , Heiko Tiemann , Douglas White , Lynette Yiadom-Boakye , Goang-ming Yuan . In 2006, there were five exhibition strands—International 06, International +, John Moores 24,
2460-413: The history and temperament of the city of Liverpool and was a call for ancestral and indigenous forms of knowledge, wisdom and healing. Liverpool Biennial 2023 was curated by Khanyisile Mbongwa. Liverpool Biennial 2025, titled ‘BEDROCK’, draws on Liverpool’s geography and the beliefs which underpin the city’s social foundations, acting as a metaphor for the people places and values that ground all of us. It
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2520-552: The impetus for a festival. An early example is the festival established by Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III celebrating his victory over the Libyans. In many countries, royal holidays commemorate dynastic events just as agricultural holidays are about harvests. Festivals are often commemorated annually. There are numerous types of festivals in the world and most countries celebrate important events or traditions with traditional cultural events and activities. Most culminate in
2580-464: The involvement of elders sharing stories and experience provides a means for unity among families . Attendants of festivals are often motivated by a desire for escapism, socialization and camaraderie; the practice has been seen as a means of creating geographical connection, belonging and adaptability. The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from Latin via Old French . In Middle English ,
2640-641: The last few centuries – some traditional festivals in Ghana , for example, predate European colonisation of the 15th century. Festivals prospered following the Second World War. Both established in 1947, Avignon Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been notable in shaping the modern model of festivals. Art festivals became more prominent by the turn of the 21st century. In modern times, festivals are commodified as
2700-514: The materials into one larger and constantly evolving object. This piece demonstrates characteristics of environmental art through Koh's use of recycled materials and the ways in which she turns used and discarded items into a working piece of art. In a similar artwork called Lumber (1991-1994, dispersed 2002), Koh makes use of flexible pieces of recuperated lumber glazed with oil and marine varnish to be installed alongside select architecture. Various projects by Koh are also collaborative or rely on
2760-579: The next hundred years. Koh herself said "The community can always feel like they had a little part to play in the infrastructure that lies below their street, and it's a concrete connection with sewer works that also serves to demystify infrastructure." In 2004, Koh was a finalist for the Sobey Art Award and in 2010 she won a VIVA Award in recognition of her outstanding achievement as a mid-career artist in British Columbia. Awarded
2820-490: The northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern. Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they are called patronal festivals . They may also provide entertainment , which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced entertainment. Festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics also seek to inform community members of their traditions;
2880-558: The program for a new competitive team, the Terminal City B-Sides . She was the Chef de Mission of Team Canada Roller Derby from 2017 to 2018, where she was responsible for the team's strategic vision and organizational development. Koh has a multi-sport background which includes five years of experience playing for the varsity badminton team at the University of Ottawa . She also played roller derby for five years under
2940-654: The screenings of several different films, and are usually held annually. Some of the most significant film festivals include the Berlin International Film Festival , the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival . A food festival is an event celebrating food or drink. These often highlight the output of producers from a certain region. Some food festivals are focused on a particular item of food, such as
3000-527: The third Thursday of November each year. Both Beaujolais nouveau and the Japanese rice wine sake are associated with harvest time. In the Philippines, there are at least two hundred festivals dedicated to food and drinks. Seasonal festivals, such as Beltane , are determined by the solar and the lunar calendars and by the cycle of the seasons , especially because of its effect on food supply, as
3060-517: The total there of. There exists significant variation among festivals, beyond binary dichotomies of sacred and secular, rural and urban, people and establishment. Among many religions , a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of God or gods . A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. Most religions have festivals that recur annually and some, such as Passover , Easter, and Eid al-Adha are moveable feasts – that is, those that are determined either by lunar or agricultural cycles or
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#17327722409263120-559: The use of everyday objects and familiar concepts in order to examine how people interact with those they encounter while moving through the world. For example, her piece "Call", is an old telephone in a public space. When the phone is picked up it randomly dials a number of a participant that has agreed to have conversations with strangers at any time of the day. There isn't a typical "Germaine Koh" piece - she utilizes many different materials for every piece she creates, yet each piece encompasses an ideology, perhaps best said by Koh herself in
3180-632: Was called Beautiful world, where are you? . Artists included Ryan Gander , Suki Seokyeong Kang , and Melanie Smith . The 11th biennial curated by Manuela Moscoso and titled The Stomach and the Port ran from 20 March to 6 June 2021 in Liverpool and online. Artists include Linder , Judy Chicago , Ithell Colquhoun , Ines Doujak , Nicholas Hlobo , Jutta Koether , Ebony G. Patterson , Anu Põder , and Martine Syms . The 12th edition of Liverpool Biennial, uMoya: The sacred Return of Lost Things , ran from 10 June to 17 September 2023. The Biennial addressed
3240-553: Was curated by Sally Tallant , Artistic Director; The Unexpected Guest by: Lorenzo Fusi , Curator, Liverpool Biennial in collaboration with: Sara-Jayne Parsons , the Bluecoat ; Mike Stubbs and Omar Kholeif , FACT ; Karen Newman , Open Eye Gallery ; Sook-Kyung Lee , Tate Liverpool and Jenny Porter , Metal Liverpool . The 8th biennial, A Needle Walks into a Haystack , opened on 5 July 2014 and ran until 26 October 2014. Artists that exhibited as part of A Needle Walks into
3300-468: Was curated by Lorenzo Fusi, Artistic Director in collaboration with: Frances Loeffler and Raj Sandhu. For its 7th edition, Liverpool Biennial explored the theme of hospitality, inviting artists and thinkers to bring forth new understandings for our increasingly globalised and complex times. The biennial exhibition, The Unexpected Guest , comprised 62 international artists, and the Cunard Building
3360-1419: Was curated by Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman. 16 artists' works were shown in The Old Blind School on Hardman St. There were two external works by Carlos Cruz-Diez, including a Dazzle Ship . The ninth edition of Liverpool Biennial ran from 9 July 2016 to 16 October 2016. 44 international artists were commissioned to create new works for locations across the city. The artists were: Lawrence Abu Hamdan , Andreas Angelidakis, Alisa Baremboym, Lucy Beech, Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones, Mariana Castillo Deball, Yin-Ju Chen, Ian Cheng, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd , Céline Condorelli, Audrey Cottin, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Jason Dodge, Lara Favaretto , Danielle Freakley, Coco Fusco, Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni, Hato, Ana Jotta , Samson Kambalu, Oliver Laric, Mark Leckey , Adam Linder, Marcos Lutyens, Jumana Manna , Rita McBride, Dennis McNulty, Elena Narbutaite, Lu Pingyuan, Michael Portnoy, Sahej Rahal, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh & Hesam Rahmanian ( Ramin, Rokni, Hesam ), Koki Tanaka , Suzanne Treister , Villa Design Group, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Betty Woodman , and Arseny Zhilyaev . In 2016, Liverpool Biennial also presented an exhibition of works by ten Associate Artists, based in
3420-781: Was established by James Moores (with Jane Rankin Read , Lewis Biggs and Bryan Biggs ) in 1998 and has presented festivals in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (as part of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture ), 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. As of 2012, Sally Tallant is the Director of Liverpool Biennial. The Biennial exhibition is supported by FACT (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) , Tate Liverpool , National Museums Liverpool , Bluecoat, and Open Eye Gallery . The annual Bloomberg New Contemporaries Exhibition showcases new work by graduates from Fine Art schools in
3480-453: Was launched with a one night exhibition by Filip Gilissen on 14 May 2010 and ran from 18 September 2010 to 28 November 2010. It contained six programmes of contemporary art including: Bloomberg New Contemporaries , City States, John Moores Painting Prize 2010, S.Q.U.A.T. Liverpool 2010, and The Cooperative. Displays included works by Alfredo Jaar , Do-Ho Suh and the first UK presentation of any work by Tehching Hsieh . The visitor centre
3540-969: Was located in the former Rapid Hardware shop on Renshaw Street. Participating artists included Sachiko Abe , Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan , Laura Belem , Emese Benczur , Daniel Bozhkov , Nina Canell , Danica Dakic , Song Dong , Wannes Goetschalckx , NS Harsha , Diango Hernandez , Nicholas Hlobo , Jamie Isenstein , Alfredo Jaar , Eva Kotatkova , Will Kwan , Lars Laumann , Antii Laitinen , Minouk Lim , Cristina Lucas , Tala Madani , Yves Netzhammer , Raymond Pettibon , Ranjani Shettar , Do-Ho Suh , Franz West , Hector Zamora , Tehching Hsieh , Carlos Martiel , Kris Martin , Otto Muehl , Carol Rama , Ryan Trecartin , Magdalena Abakanowicz , Aimé Mpane , Oren Eliav , Tim Eitel , Edi Hila , Y.Z. Kami , Zbynek Sedlecky , Minerva Cuevas , Meschac Gaba , Clegg & Guttmann , Daniel Knorr , Lee Mingwei , Rob Pruitt , Anton Vidokle / Julieta Aranda , Tania Bruguera , Carlos Amorales . Liverpool Biennial 2010
3600-504: Was used as a venue for the first time. The programme included: Sky Arts Ignition Series , in partnership with Tate Liverpool , a public commission by US artist, Doug Aitken , installed on Albert Dock in a temporary structure designed by David Adjaye ; American composer Rhys Chatham , known for his large-scale performance works presented a concert as part of the opening weekend; one of Argentina's most established and internationally renowned artists, Jorge Macchi, presented Refraction in
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