Liverpool Biennial 2016: Books
Liverpool Biennial 2016 is a story narrated through several episodes: Ancient Greece, Chinatown, Children, Monuments from the Future, Software and Flashback.
Open Eye Gallery’s exhibition as part of Liverpool Biennial 2016 has a particular focus on the Flashback and Children’s episodes, featuring international artists Koki Tanaka, Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian.
The Flashback episode presents a way of experiencing history as it punctures the present, unexpectedly. The Children’s episode invites artists to consider children as the primary audience, making work with and for them.
To celebrate the start of Liverpool Biennial 2016 and the opening of the new exhibition, we have brought together products and publications from our independent book shop that reflect the Flashback and Children’s episodes, complementing the work of our exhibiting artists:
The Two- Sided Lake: Edited By Rosie Cooper, Sandeep Parmar, And Dominic Willsdon – £9.99
Published by Liverpool University press, The Two-Sided Lake is the essential companion to Liverpool Biennial 2016! Featuring scenarios, storyboards and sets from Liverpool Biennial 2016, the publication explores the concept of the ‘episode’ and how stories can be told. Includes contributions from Liverpool Biennial’s artists and texts by many more!
Precarious Practice: Koki Tanaka – £35.00
Koki Tanaka is one of our international exhibiting artists for Liverpool Biennial 2016. Tanaka revisited the scene of a 1985 protest in Liverpool, which involved around 10,000 school children angered by the Youth Training Scheme.
Precarious Practice was published by Deutsche Bank to coincide with Tanaka being awarded Artist of the Year 2015. His work often reflects on poignant historical moments such as America’s occupation of Japan and the 2011 tsunami in Fukushima, while participation from visitors adds a collective social element to his projects. The book explores Tanaka’s interest in the everyday, revisiting recent and past projects and how they came into fruition.
YTS & Liverpool In The 1980s: Dave Sinclair (Café Royal Books) – £8.00 signed edition
Like the images on Koki Tanaka’s billboards? Dave Sinclair’s original photographs of the 1985 protest against the Conservative government’s Youth Training Scheme in Liverpool feature alongside Koki Tanaka’s video work in our Liverpool Biennial 2016 exhibition. These captivating photographs and many more feature in Liverpool in the 1980s and YTS. At the time, Sinclair was the official photographer for the Militant newspaper and consequently captured images of the anger and resentment of Liverpool’s children and the formidable impact social demonstrations can have. YTS is published by Café Royal Books an independent publishers based in North West England, specializing in documentary photography.
Are You Lost? – £6.00
Seven artists from the Royal College of Art exhibited in ‘Telling Tales’ a Fringe exhibition for Liverpool Biennial 2016 in collaboration with our curator Thomas Dukes over the opening weekend.
The Are You Lost? zine edited by Matt Taylor compiles the work of first year MA Photography students at the Royal College of Art, showcasing a diverse mix of talent and individual style. The images offer an insight into each photographer’s practice, from obscure landscapes to domestic interiors.
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Written by Nicole Etherington