From the Paris of May ’68 to the Prague Spring the year 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, a year that is synonymous with resistance and protest. The uprisings of Paris 1968 were notable for extremely fine examples of polemical poster art. The Atelier Populaire, run by artists and art students, occupied the École des Beaux-Arts in … Continue reading
Resistance’68: A Radio-Film for the Mind’s Eye – reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 protests, social conflict, counterculture and the Art of Resistance as creative weapons against political repression. The format is a sound art prototype – a filmic cut-up for radio with a difference, linking the activism of the past to the art … Continue reading
Musarc’s Odrathek presents a weekend of experimental music and vocal performances with artists from the UK and abroad to ask: how do we make music in the Chthulucene*? In the spirit of Haight-Ashbury and the Paris Spring of May ’68, Odrathek is a non-stop happening of performances, parliaments, installations, screenings, workshops and eating together. It gives an … Continue reading
Fields of Gold is a 700sq.m glass façade artwork that reflects the ideas of sensor technology for Sensor City, an innovation centre in the Knowledge Quarter of the University Enterprise Zone in Liverpool, designed by artist Julian Stocks and glass manufacturer Ariño Duglass collaborating as ArtistFacade.com. Ariño Duglass, the glass laminator, working with Novum Structures, wrapped Sensor City’s exterior in an abstract pattern on the … Continue reading
Where does sculpture end and furniture start? Where do art and design meet? The exhibition Furniture by Artists – Chair, Chair, Chair, Lamp, Table, Bed, Sofa includes chairs, sculptures of chairs and sculptures that use chairs as material. Richard Woods made a chair. Matt Calderwood took a ‘For Sale’ sign and made it into a chair. Anna Bjerger found a chair … Continue reading
