Event type: Exhibition

Space Is The Place by Patric Rodgers &...

Space is the Place is Patric Rogers in collaboration with Angelo Madonna’s deeply personal memoir to his most sacred of spaces, Hilbre Island.

It is a cerebral exhibition project exploring the psychogeography of one of Wirral’s iconic landmarks. Space is the Place encourages the viewer to connect deeper to the environments and places around them and to explore how our connection to place is made through our experiences, dreams, memories and through the landscape itself.

The project began it’s life during the recent lock down period in the mind of its creator Patric Rogers. Patric spent many years during the summer months working on Hilbre Island.

Often alone he was left in the quiet of the island to explore it’s history, secrets and mysteries. For him the island became a teacher and a place of reflection and solace.

Our recent period of national difficulty has opened the doors for people to explore their surroundings with a new found appreciation and it is through the telling of the stories of the island, its history, mysteries, folklore, psychogeographic power and the people who are drawn to it that this exhibition aims to help others connect to their own spaces of reflection and solace.

In this multi part installation experience, Space is the Place encourages the viewer to consider their own sense of space and place exploring how, place, dreams, memories and landscape combine to create a deeper connection with the landscape.

“Space Is The Place” will take place Convenience Gallery, Bloom Building

Opening night: Friday, 17 September, 6.30pm-late

Exhibition Runs: 17 September – 1 October

Normal opening hours: 10am-5pm.

Location: Bloom Building and Coffee, CH41 5FQ

All donation based tickets funds are reinvested back into their current and future creative programming. This will support them in creating more opportunities for both people in the creative industry and the wider community. All their “In Cahoots” core programming is free to attend and donations are optional.

Rituals of Loneliness

Nurturing artistic practice is central to what FACT do. Every year, they invite artists, scientists, technologists, radical thinkers and Liverpool communities to develop their practice and showcase their work through residencies.

The exhibition is free and held FACT, 15 September-3 October, 12pm-10pm.

Throughout September and October 2021, in their galleries and online, they are showcasing the outcomes of our current artists-in-residence, who they have been supporting remotely during the pandemic.

Rituals of Loneliness is a collection of newly commissioned digital artworks by artists Shonagh Short, Linda Stupart and Ayesha Tan Jones, created in collaboration with a group of adults and young people from Liverpool.

Meeting and working together on Zoom, the group shared their personal tactics to defeat lockdown and celebrate the new rituals we all performed, from clapping on Thursdays, to fermenting and living room dancing.

The artworks reflect on the rituals that have made us feel more connected to the world around us during the past year of isolation. What have we done that has made us feel less lonely? What have we shared? What things did we choose to protect? What have we lost? What have we learnt?

Whose Land Is It?

Whose Land Is It? brings together three Australian artists approaching the idea of the landscape and the elements of it which may have previously escaped our attention.

The exhibition is free and held Open Eye Gallery, until 19 September, 11am-4pm (Wednesday-Sunday).

The drying riverbeds directly linked to climate change and land misuse and mismanagement by James Tylor, the materials and tokens gathered during Atong Atem’s walks through her local area and the feminist reading of the landscape as interpreted by Amanda Williams all help in establishing more engaged ways of reading the land, and understanding the impact the landscape has on us.

It is through these images that a sense of ownership or belonging can begin to form. Whose land is being photographed, how can we picture ourselves there, and who is the landscape for?