Notes from Liverpool

Innocence and Experience is the title of an art exhibition curated by Marianne Faithful, currently showing at Liverpool Tate. It's an interesting collection of art, which in part follows a biographical narrative with references to music Ska's not dead by Jim Lambie, 2001 and the tastes and influences (Magritte, Dadd & Blake)of the sixties pop culture scene. Through exploring the exhibition I found that there is more to Faithful's career than being part of the 60s pop aristocracy, as I was unaware of her long-involvement with galleries. She was also one of the first to experiment with music video with Jarman, 'an art form that would have a profound influence on popular culture following the launch of the MTV channel in 1981' (Tate, 2012). Linked to the exhibition (part of the same series) was a collection curated by Philip Treacy called

Conversation Pieces, within which was untitled (double portrait) 1991 by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. This piece was a pile of posters 'available for viewers to take away ad infinitum. The image featured, the doubled touching/overlapping circle, represents one of the most important themes in Gonzalez-Torres’s work: the pairing of two like people in togetherness.' Maybe it could represent Art and Copy?, anyway true to the artists intentions I took a poster and placed it near our studios. The piece for me represents how creatives can re-think how people can interact with art. Perhaps, it may encourage you creatives to re-think how audiences  interact with ads?  Please leave some notes of your day in Liverpool.