On Saturday 24th May from 2pm until 4pm they’ve got a very special sharing event and exhibition at Salt & Tar!
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Quadrant Park, At The Library has collaborated with Quadrant Park Reunions to bring the party Back to Bootle, hosting an exhibition at Salt & Tar alongside the reunion party in Bootle for the first time since the venue closed in 1992.
For the past year they have worked with those who went to Quadrant Park in its heyday and young people living in Bootle today to collaboratively develop an archive. They also hosted DJ and digital music skills workshops for young people with Melissa Kains, DJ, producer and founder of female and non-binary DJ collective Sisu Crew.
Bringing together displays of the archival material and a timeline of how the style, graphic design and music developed in Quadrant Park’s short lifespan, visitors are invited to find themselves in the crowd in the photographs, learn about this explosive moment in the development of club culture and celebrate Quadrant Park together. By no means a definitive history, the project brings together the myriad memories and histories that make up that brief and explosive cultural moment.
Join them to celebrate subculture’s place in the archive with screenprinting of exclusive merch and an exhibition of materials they’ve gathered over the past year.
A book will be available later this year, drawing together the archival materials and interviews with those who went to Quadrant Park.
The event is free, and no booking is needed. Salt & Tar is in Washington Parade, Bootle L20 1AA, a 10 minute walk from Bootle Library.
You can book your place for the separate reunion event here: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/Salt-And-Tar-Bootle-Canalside/LIVERPOOL-Back-to-Bootle-Quadrant-Park-35-Year-Anniversary-Tour/40615469/
At The Library is a programme of artist-led workshops, projects, commissions and happenings in community libraries in Sefton, mainly based in Bootle, Crosby and Netherton.
https://atthelibrary.co.uk/