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LOOK Photo Biennial 2019 at Open Eye Gallery Liverpool
Arts Network Director at the British Council, Caroline Meaby, speaks at the opening of a Liverpool photography Exhibition.
Unfolding across Liverpool, Wirral, Preston and Shanghai, LOOK Photo Biennial 2019 builds upon Open Eye Gallery’s international exchange with China.
The programme sets out to use photography to bring different cultures into conversation and reflect on shifting national identities, worldwide environmental issues and how we can communicate effectively.
- Open Eye Gallery, 2019
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Jamie Lau Interview at Open Eye Gallery
UK based photographer Jamie Lau has been commissioned to create a new body of work, looking at the Chinese community as it is now. Lau will visually explore the notion of being isolated in a city full of people, where human interaction may only happen on a base level, passing each other in the street, in shops and restaurants, like ships in the night.
Ebb and Flow is an audio, visual survey of the history and changes that have taken place within the oldest Chinese community in Europe, curated by Jill Carruthers.
Drawing from the rich selection of photographic prints preserved in the Open Eye Gallery Archive, the show looks at the physical and architectural transformations of Liverpool's Chinatown, as well as documenting the establishment and development of the local Chinese community.
Included in the show are works by Bert Hardy who photographed the Chinese seamen that came to the city from Shanghai on the Blue Funnel Shipping Company vessels in 1940s. He recorded their lives, living conditions and recreation as well as Liverpool at the time.
Four decades on and the Chinese community was well established in a new area of Liverpool, relocated to Nelson Street, after the May Blitz during WWII. British photographer Martin Parr documented Chinatown in the 80's, exploring the restaurants, hair salons, Chinese supermarkets and community centers that were popular at the time.
Alongside these historical images, this exhibition also includes two contemporary works exploring the Chinatown that Liverpool is home to now.
Liverpool based artist duo John Campbell & Moira Kenny, The Sound Agents, have been funded by Heritage Lottery Fund to record Liverpool Chinatown Oral History, creating an audio visual digital archive of interviews, personal documents and photographs.
Paul Morrison Wall Work @ Open Eye Gallery
As part of the Cultural Programme of the International Festival for Business 2014, Open Eye has commissioned Liverpool-born artist Paul Morrison (b. 1966) with a new work that will transform the gallery's façade. Every two years, made to coincide with the Liverpool Biennial, the Wall Work series aims to create a new visual dialogue between the gallery and its context, and collaborate with artists who work outside the field of photography and lens-based practices.
Urformen is a cognitive landscape created from a selection of disparate found elements, which are taken from Morrison's archive. His source material ranges from archaic prints to contemporary graphics found in botanical text books, fine art, film stills and advertising.
The images are integrated through digital manipulation and form an indeterminate space that is simultaneously flat, yet gives the illusion of strong pictorial depth.
The resulting composition functions as a screen that allows the viewer to complete the landscape according to her/his perception, history, memory and cultural associations. It is a virtual site for an incident to occur in.
The contrasting black and white heightens the work's visual impact. However, the piece is somehow rich in associative colour. A picture of grass need not be green any more than the word rainbow needs to be written in multi-coloured letters.
209 Women
To mark 100 years since some women achieved the right to vote, Open Eye Gallery in collaboration with photographer Hilary Wood are replacing the entire contemporary art collection at the Palace of Westminster with new photos of every female MP, shot exclusively by female photographers, and making it free and open to the public.
On 14th December 1918 women voted for the first time, and in the same year the first female MP was elected. 100 years on, this project marks that significant moment in history, whilst also highlighting the ongoing need for gender equality across society.
209 Women is a national artist-led project that aims to champion the visibility of women, particularly in male-dominated environments. This project supports 209 women photographers across the UK to make portraits of all 209 women MPs. We’re looking for supporters and champions of women. Your help will ensure that each photographer receives a fair artist fee. The total amount raised will be distributed evenly between all 209 artists across the country.
209 Women challenges issues surrounding gender inequality. The exhibition will hang in the Palace of Westminster from 14th December to February 2019. It will be curated by me (Hilary Wood, photographer), Tracy Marshall (Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool) Cheryl Newman (former director of photography at The Daily Telegraph).
We would like to thank the British Film Institute for granting us use of footage in their archive.
209 Women is supported by Royal Photographic Society and Liverpool City Council.
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James Brabazon Interview at Open Eye Gallery
After the screening of 'Which Way Is The Front Line From Here?' James Brabazon (Producer of the documentary) was kind enough to give us a short interview about working with Tim Hetherington and making the documentary of his life and work.
Two years after his death, Open Eye Gallery pays tribute to the work of Liverpool-born photojournalist Tim Hetherington (1970 -- 2011) in an exhibition of photography and film work. The show is presented in collaboration with the Tim Hetherington Trust and Magnum Photos.
Tim Hetherington, 'You Never See Them Like This' at Open Eye Gallery 6 Sep - 24 Nov 2013
KIRKBY Future — Behind the scenes
We are Kirkby brings together two distinct but interlinked collaborative projects by photographic artist Tony Mallon, filmmaker and visual anthropologist Jemma O’Brien, the Northwood Golden Years Group and service users and staff from Kirkby Resource Centre.
Photographer Tony Mallon has been working with local residents from the Northwood Golden Years group since 2016, developing collaborative projects, which explore the past, present and potential future of people and places that make up this local area.
For this new iteration of the project the group have also been working with filmmaker Jemma O’Brien as well as local residents and staff from Kirkby Resource Centre.
The exhibition includes images, video and audio bites co-produced by Tony Mallon, Jemma O’Brien and the Northwood’s group, representing the current hustle and bustle of the town market. Whilst the works celebrate the current community who support their local high street, the work also reflects the ever-shifting landscape of Kirkby town centre.
We are also delighted to be showcasing a video work showcased recently as part of our Kinship exhibition, which focuses on two of the group members, Dolly and Joan. The video work reflects upon the close ties, trust and friendships, which form overtime.
As part of a new collaboration between Tony Mallon and the staff and service users and local residents accessing the Kirkby Resource Centre. Tony worked closely with individuals, many of whom live with Dementia, and staff to explore alternative techniques of how story telling and physical movement can act as a trigger for key memories in people’s lives. We are excited to show a new series of works in progressing reflecting the initial residency.
This is a ‘Kirkby Futures Project’ brought to you by Tony Mallon, Jemma O’Brien, Northwood Golden Years group and Kirkby Resource Centre.
The project is commissioned by Open Eye Gallery and supported by the Young At Art initiative (Baring Foundation and Arts Council England), PH Holt Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Timelapse Install of Cristina De Middel's commission for Open Eye Gallery
Not All Documents Are Records:
Photographing Exhibitions as an Art Form
5 July - 19 October 2014
Not All Documents Are Records represents Open Eye Gallery's contribution to the Liverpool Biennial 2014. The exhibition, curated by Lorenzo Fusi, looks at three key international visual art platforms through the lens of photography, moving between the past and future. The main theoretical question underpinning the project is: Can photography produce the history of art exhibitions and still retain its artistic autonomy?
Through new commissions and the display of historical work, this exhibition looks at three internationally renowned European art platforms: the Liverpool Biennial itself, documenta in Kassel (Germany) and the Venice Biennale.
Cristina De Middel (b. 1975) is a Spanish artist based in London. Commissioned by Open Eye Gallery, De Middel was asked to imagine what the Liverpool Biennial will look like in the future. The artist quickly decided that the best way of approaching this idea was to play with the evidence left behind from past editions of the Biennial.
Both the prints on show and the wallpaper were created by mixing and recomposing images documenting previous editions of the Liverpool Biennial, including installation shots and press cuttings.
Fictional Storytelling Through Photography With Cristina De Middel
17-19 July 2014, booking required
Tell fictional stories using photography and create your very own 'dummy' photobook under the guidance of self-publishing expert Cristina De Middel in a special masterclass at Open Eye Gallery.
Installation by C D Decor chris_d2012@hotmail.com
Lucy Soutter @ Open Eye Gallery, 20 April 2013
Lucy Soutter is a photographer, critic and art historian. She teaches in the Department of Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art and has written about contemporary art and photography. Eva Stenram's work explores the flux of perception through manipulation of acquired negatives and source photographs, and is considered in Soutter's latest publication 'Why Art Photography?' (2013)
Lucy Soutter hosted a conversation with Eva Stenram at Open Eye Gallery on 20th April 2013
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Eva Stenram: Drape @ Open Eye Gallery 17 April - 26 Aug 2013
Liverpool's World Museum - Matt Ramirez
A new exhibit is set to open, bring a taste of Ancient Egypt to Merseyside
Zi Lan Liao performs on the Chinese Harp @ Open Eye Gallery
Zi Lan Liao (from Pagoda Arts) performs on the Chinese Harp at the preview night of Open Eye Gallery's newest exhibition, Eb and Flow.
Ebb and Flow is an audio, visual survey of the history and changes that have taken place within the oldest Chinese community in Europe, curated by Jill Carruthers.
Drawing from the rich selection of photographic prints preserved in the Open Eye Gallery Archive, the show looks at the physical and architectural transformations of Liverpool's Chinatown, as well as documenting the establishment and development of the local Chinese community.
Included in the show are works by Bert Hardy who photographed the Chinese seamen that came to the city from Shanghai on the Blue Funnel Shipping Company vessels in 1940s. He recorded their lives, living conditions and recreation as well as Liverpool at the time.
Four decades on and the Chinese community was well established in a new area of Liverpool, relocated to Nelson Street, after the May Blitz during WWII. British photographer Martin Parr documented Chinatown in the 80's, exploring the restaurants, hair salons, Chinese supermarkets and community centers that were popular at the time.
Alongside these historical images, this exhibition also includes two contemporary works exploring the Chinatown that Liverpool is home to now.
Liverpool based artist duo John Campbell & Moira Kenny, The Sound Agents, have been funded by Heritage Lottery Fund to record Liverpool Chinatown Oral History, creating an audio visual digital archive of interviews, personal documents and photographs.
UK based photographer Jamie Lau has been commissioned to create a new body of work, looking at the Chinese community as it is now. Lau will visually explore the notion of being isolated in a city full of people, where human interaction may only happen on a base level, passing each other in the street, in shops and restaurants, like ships in the night.
Liverpool | 17/03/17
Degree trip to the 'North: Identity, Photography, Fashion' exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool.
Tour of Liverpool ONE shopping district.
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Albatross by Andrey Khatsko
The Liverpool Complaints Choir
The Complaints Choir is an international art project that invites you to sing your gripes aloud. In Summer 2019, The Liverpool Complaints Choir was formed to transform our personal moaning into something great and powerful. Created by artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and led by Choir Director, Jennifer John, the choir is made up of participants of all ages and backgrounds, coming together to performance their complaints in public spaces across Liverpool.
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The Liverpool Complaints Choir is part of Real Work, a legacy project from The Future World of Work season, commissioned by Culture Liverpool as part of the Liverpool 2018 programme. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and The Baring Foundation as part of Young At Art, a partnership between FACT, Open Eye Gallery and National Museums Liverpool.
Music composed and directed by Jennifer John. Produced by FACT.
The Liverpool Complaints Choir is:
Alan Kelly
Rose McNamara
Leo Svendsen
Anahid Kassabian
Sheila McGowan
Kenny Thompson
Anna Reid
Dee Coombes
Sharon Watkins
Alexandra Selecka
Dorothy Jackaman
Natalie Mortlock
Elaine Collins
Anna Saunders
Christine Robson
Bethan Williams
Vicky Harris
Camilla JaneDean
Jenny Watts
Kaya Herstad-Carney
Rene Alberto Garcia Cepedce
Emelio Pinchi
Stella Cairns
Kenny Thompson
John Prescott
Corinne Jones
Gary Bowman
Louise Harrison
Pippa Hall
Robyn Hart
Lauren Heywood
Amy Heywood
Jess Hynes
Kate Lattin
Amy Pulford
Poppy Smailes
Arden Williams
Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool. 5 July 2016
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St. John's Beacon Viewing Gallery, Liverpool
Short visit to the Liverpool viewing gallery, the St. John's Beacon.
Behind the Scenes: The Liverpool Complaints Choir
The Liverpool Complaints Choir is a project by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. It is part of Real Work, a legacy project from The Future World of Work season, commissioned by Culture Liverpool as part of the Liverpool 2018 programme. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and The Baring Foundation as part of Young At Art, a partnership between FACT, Open Eye Gallery and National Museums Liverpool.
Music composed and directed by Jennifer John.
Produced by FACT.
The Liverpool Complaints Choir is:
Alan Kelly
Rose McNamara
Leo Svendsen
Anahid Kassabian
Sheila McGowan
Kenny Thompson
Anna Reid
Dee Coombes
Sharon Watkins
Alexandra Selecka
Dorothy Jackaman
Natalie Mortlock
Elaine Collins
Anna Saunders
Christine Robson
Bethan Williams
Vicky Harris
Camilla JaneDean
Kaya Herstad-Carney
Rene Alberto Garcia Cepedce
Emelio Pinchi
Stella Cairns
Kenny Thompson
John Prescott
Corinne Jones
Gary Bowman
Louise Harrison
Pippa Hall
Robyn Hart
Lauren Heywood
Amy Heywood
Jess Hynes
Kate Lattin
Amy Pulford
Poppy Smailes
Arden Williams
LightNight Liverpool 2019 ✨ // Explore with me!
We love a magical adventure vlog! Come explore the sights and sounds of LightNight Liverpool 2019: Ritual with me.... Featuring the Open Eye Gallery, RIBA North, the stunning Ad Finitum: The Invisible Choir led by Rory Ballantyne and some footage of our own performance Pachamama with LUMA Creations. ????
I also have a LightNight vlog from 2018:
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Man stabbed '18 times in 25 seconds' on train
A security camera shows the moment Lee Pomeroy was stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds, on a train from Guildford to London in January.
The Old Bailey sat in silence during the graphic clip of the quick and frenzied attack on a train from Guildford to Waterloo.
The 51-year-old was stabbed by fellow passenger Darren Pencille on 4 January.
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A lasting memory: snow
We asked Phillip Clarke, a Refugee Action Project Worker based in Liverpool, to tell us about an asylum seeker he's never forgotten. His response is beautiful and sad.
'A Portrait of a Mother' by Ella Greenhill
Written by Ella Greenhill
Voice: Naomi Wallace
Film and sound editing: Martin Heslop
Dramaturgy: Lindsay Rodden
Images used with kind permission of the Greenhill family
'A Portrait of a Mother' was commissioned by Almanac Arts, and written in response to 'A Portrait Of...' an exhibition at Open Eye Gallery Liverpool.
It's part of the 2019 Rise artistic programme commissioned by Culture Liverpool, funded by Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council.
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