This week’s Culture Radar guest Jackie Pease, one of the (all volunteer) organisers and members of the DoES Liverpool community for almost eleven years.
Loved: I really enjoyed Transition Liverpool’s “Retrofitting Liverpool” event on 5th October. There was a wide range of knowledge and people, and it was good to look at realistic ways we can move from where we are now to a more sustainable future. You can read about it here and I believe they’re organising more events. I also recently went to the R.I.P. Germain Masterclass in the Studio/Lab at FACT. He was a great speaker and gave some good advice for people considering immersive works themselves. I managed to see the exhibition before it closed and I think I gained a lot by going to the talk first.
Looking forward to: I can hardly wait for River of Light. I love light installations! I know some people at DoES are creating light effects for a mass cycle ride during this year’s event.
Trivia: DoES Liverpool is a co-working, maker and event space. It’s been around for 13 and a half years and based in the Tapestry Building in Kempston Street for more than 6 years. We’ve got all sorts of kit, including laser cutters, CNC routers, 3D printers, sewing machines, embroidery machine, pen plotter, an electronics workbench and lots of electronics testing equipment.
We have all sorts of people at DoES from translators and sign language interpreters to economists and electronics specialists. Artists have been involved from the start, and it’s that mix that brings out new ideas and makes DoES what it is.