You may or may not know that Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture 2008 so there have been a lot of exciting things going on in the city this year. It is fabulous to see art exhibits & sculptures scattered throughout the city for everyone to enjoy. One of the events is the Liverpool Biennial contemporary art exhibition (which as its name suggests, happens once every 2 years not just in 2008!). Lee & I were lucky enough to be invited to the VIP exhibition launch party at the Tate Modern (that's what the photo is of above!) & many venues around the city. It was fantastic to be at the gallery & see all the videos & paintings (although many of them were rather odd to say the least!!). We loved Omer Fast's film about a film set- I still can't work out what was 'real' & what was the film!! Click here for more info about the exhibits.
Liverpool also had a rather large spider appear in the city one morning! La Machine was HUGE & scarily realistic! There were too many crowds for us to get a proper look at La Princess in action but we popped down early Sunday morning before church to see her sleeping on a derelict building next to Lime Street Station. She was rather spectacular! There are photos here & a video clip here so you get the idea!
When we went Lambanana spotting (which I really will show you soon!), we also saw this sculpture by Richard Wilson using a derelict wine bar building (click on the photo to see it better if you like!). It was amazing to see part of the building move out of place & rotate 360 degrees! Can you guess what the sculpture is called? (answers in the comment box please rather than on a postcard!).Anyway, we are all really enjoying living in the Capital of Culture! There has been so much fun stuff going on & there's still more to come (apparently!). Fancy a visit anyone?? :o)
3 comments:
That spider is fantastic!! My son would LOVE that! Your photos of your beautiful children are so happy - I have a contagious smile now :) Fire works night looked great :)
"A window of opportunity"? or "Your round next!"
I think I prefer country art! ie nature!
I wonder if the boys will remember all of that when they are grown up. Certainly a large spider is somewhat unusual! I'll remember having to go home a different way because it was moving about in town and the road was closed!
Love Mum xx
It should have been a giant bee visiting Liverpool really not a spider as you've been Bizzzy doing the blog. Lover yer xx
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