BIENNIAL 2006 AT NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL

Thursday, 26 October 2006 19:40

Liverpool - National Museums Liverpool is delighted to present two cutting-edge exhibitions, Insyde ( Until 26 November 2006) and Cape Farewell (Until 28 January 2007) as part of this year’s Liverpool Biennial.  Insyde is an interactive installation designed specially for the Walker’s upper hall by artist collective Airside.  It envelops the exterior and interior of a large, cubed space built within four existing neo-classical columns.  On entering the space, wall projections, music and a tribe of animated characters called FlowerBabs transport the visitor to a fantasy world.

Music for the Insyde has been exclusively composed by Airside artist Fred Deakin, who is also one half of dance act Lemon Jelly.

Cape Farewell is an exhibition with pieces at both the National Conservation Centre and Walker Art Gallery.  It charts the result of contemporary artists and climate scientists joining forces on expeditions to the High Arctic to discover the effects of climate change.  The artists created work inspired by the findings on their voyages, using a variety of media including sound, video, sculpture, photography and painting.

Pieces include Stranded, which shows the crystallized skeleton of a Minke whale found off the coast of Skegness.  Created collaboratively by artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, it reflects the increase of stranded mammals found across the UK to 800 per year.

Also at the National Conservation Centre is Nymark (Undiscovered Island) by Alex Hartley.  This is a photo montage of Hartley’s discovery of an island created by a piece of Arctic land exposed for the first time as a direct result of climate change.  The exhibition’s opening week sees the second anniversary of Hartley’s discovery.