FACT for Liverpool Biennial 2016

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FACT for Liverpool Biennial 2016

FACT, City Centre
9 July-16 October 2016

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Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guests, 2009. Liverpool Biennial 2016 at FACT. Image by Jon Barraclough.
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Our top pick at FACT has to be Krzysztof Wodiczko’s reflections on flashbacks; the traumatic re-emergence of memories from the past. Wodiczko brings together exhibits from over 40 years spent working with war veterans, the homeless and other marginalised communities. Particularly striking is a room filled with videos taken through blurry arched windows – behind which people move hauntingly about, talk and come slowly up to place their palms against the glass.

Installation view at FACT

Alternatively, head upstairs to see Lucy Beech’s new film Pharmakon, an interpersonal drama that explores how disease operates in an era of mass communication. The film focuses on female group dynamics, and how support networks can care for the individual whilst conversely intensifying symptoms.

What's on at FACT

Uncertain Data at FACT, Liverpool
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ActivityCity Centre
Workshops at FACT

Check out the ways you can get hands on creatively with workshops at FACT in Liverpool, as well as taking their daily guided tour.

Free entry

Where to go near FACT for Liverpool Biennial 2016

City Centre
Café or Coffee Shop
Garden Cafe FACT

FACT Liverpool gets back to its coffee-with-creativity roots thanks to a foliage-full new café.

Liverpool
Restaurant
Next to Nowhere Café

Food From Nowhere is a weekly vegan cafe held in the basement space of much-loved radical bookshop News From Nowhere. It’s open every Saturday from midday to 5pm.

library
City Centre
Shop
News from Nowhere

News from Nowhere is a radical community bookshop selling texts on important current issues as well as leading social justice initiatives.

food and drink
City Centre
Restaurant
BAM BOO

BAM BOO delivers a slice of paradise right in Liverpool city centre, with indulgent meals and delicious cocktails.

City Centre
Café or Coffee Shop
Bold Street Coffee

A super cool cafe at the top of Bold Street, Bold Street Coffee in Liverpool serves a range of specialist coffee, cakes and sandwiches.

City Centre
Café or Coffee Shop
LEAF on Bold Street

Keeping Bold Street a hub of creativity, LEAF is more than a tearoom, it’s also a bar and thriving event space with a packed schedule of upcoming happenings.

City Centre
Music venue
Arts Club Liverpool

Based in Liverpool’s old Royal Institute of Arts and Science building, Liverpool Arts Club is a great spot to catch small touring acts.

food and drink
City Centre
Bar or Pub
Cafe Tabac

Cafe Tabac is the longest running café bar in Liverpool, serving food and drinks to arty locals and curious newcomers.

What's on: Exhibitions

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ExhibitionsCity Centre
Just Browsing at the Bluecoat

Please DO touch – Bluecoat’s new exhibition ‘Just Browsing’ allows audiences to get closer to the artworks and engage beyond looking.

Free entry

Culture Guides

Theatre

Classic texts and new work meet in this month’s Theatre Guide, with a bumper crop of shows shaped by power, consequence and collective action.

Exhibitions

From monumental to minutiae, this month’s exhibitions trace power, care and community across galleries big and small.

Music

We have an eclectic mix of gigs for you this month, moving from experimental electronics and noise rock to synth pop, opera, and hyper-local R&B.

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A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
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