| Dates: | active 1998
| | Web Page: | www.biennial.com | | Description: | Liverpool Biennial is best known as the
promoter and organiser of the UK’s
international
festival of contemporary art every second
year.
But we also have an ongoing role
commissioning art for the public realm,
such as
Richard Wilson’s Turning the Place Over
and
Antony Gormley’s Another Place at
Crosby
Beach, and delivering our educational
objectives
through a programme of activities in
partnership.
Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial of
Contemporary Art Ltd has presented four
festivals, in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Plans
are now being laid for Liverpool Biennial
2008
(20 September – 30 November). Click on
the
dates to find out more.
The ‘mission’ through all our activities is
‘engaging art, people and place’. We do
this by
commissioning artworks and other
programme
collaboratively, in partnership with other
organisations wherever possible. For
instance,
we do not have our own building for
exhibition or
education purposes because we work
with other
organisations that do have buildings, and
we
can get closer to Liverpool’s
communities by
working in this way.
Our projects typically involve local and
international artists working with non-art
organisations, and find support from a
range of
local authorities and regeneration
agencies in
the city region. We consider the
relationships
built through these projects to be an
important
aspect of the quality of the artwork
produced.
Our Board Members include: Declan
McGonagle
(Chair), James Warnock (Vice Chair),
Bryan
Biggs, Walter Brown, Roger Goddard,
Alison
Jones, Francis McEntegart, Alistair
Sunderland
and Jane Wentworth. | | Description Source: | online statement - http://www.biennial.com | | Description Source Date: | site accessed october 2007 | | Type: | organisation |
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