URBANISM 2009 RESIDENCY PROGRAM JUNE/SEPT 2008 - LIVERPOOL

David Bade, Ben Parry, Kerry Morrison, Squash Nutrition, Raumlabor, Majciej Kurak, Danilo Capasso

sezione: projects

01-10-2008
categorie: Public Art, Urbanism,

URBANISM 2009 RESIDENCY PROGRAM JUNE/SEPT 2008 - LIVERPOOL

David Bade, Ben Parry, Kerry Morrison, Squash Nutrition, Raumlabor, Majciej Kurak, Danilo Capasso

Liverpool Biennial presents Urbanism 09: five days of exhibition, exploration, discussion and celebration along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, stretching through South Sefton and North Liverpool; a vital green/blue lung in what many mistakenly perceive as an area of urban decay.
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The route of the event runs along the canal from St Winefride’s & St Richard’s School (St Winnie’s) on the canalside in Bootle to Bank Hall in Liverpool. Following in the footsteps of Utopians before them, St Winnie’s has been transformed by architects Raumlabor, artist Kerry Morrison and food activists Squash Nutrition into an Urban Arcadia while Danilo Capasso presents Porto Allegro on the canalside at Bank Hall.
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In Urbanism 09 Liverpool Biennial presents new commissions by international artists and architects invited to respond to the canal over the past year as well as the exhibition of muf’s Feral Arcadia and the five shortlisted designs for Waterworks, a mobile hub for watersports and environmental education on the canal and part of the groundbreaking Art for Places Sefton community engagement programme.
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Visitors can travel from the Promising Land to Porto Allegro with the artists, architects and food acitvists on 17 September 2009, to examine real case studies of creating positive spaces. Talk to the bees, talk to the sky, drink tea in the floating Tea House, paint in the floating studio, explore the Feral Arcadia museum, make chutney in the Squash vegetable garden, take a swan pedalo down the canal and make plans for the Happy City . . . with David Bade, Ben Parry, Kerry Morrison, Squash Nutrition, Raumlabor, Majciej Kurak, Danilo Capasso, Muf Architecture, Public Works and Rob Sweere.
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Taking its cue from architect Carolyn Steel’s inspirational book, Hungry City, the Happy City conference on 18 September 2009, in association with Places Matter! the architecture centre for the Northwest, explores alternative ways of planning and redesigning our cities and neighbourhoods, starting with the premise of not simply providing more houses but improving the quality of the spaces between them and the wellbeing of their inhabitants. Speakers include Pete Halsall, CEO of visionary developers, Bio-Regional Quintain, Joost Beunderman Research Associate at Demos, Ian McArthur Regional Director of Groundwork and Michael Palwyn of Exploration Architecture.
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The week reaches a climax on Saturday 19 September 2009 in a water-borne parade including an upturned Black Cab, a floating Mint Teahouse and a whole variety of crafts created by artists and residents who live in the neighbourhoods along the canal; giving a whole new meaning to the traditional processional ‘float’.
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Notes to Editors
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Urbanism 09 is a Liverpool Biennial project and includes How to Design a Happy City in association with Places Matter!
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The Leeds-Liverpool Canal’s first water taxi launched 31 July 2009, heralding the beginning of Liverpool Biennial’s Art for Places five week programme along South Sefton/ Liverpool stretch of the canal that culminates in Urbanism 09, a series of events from 16-20 September 2009, exploring the regenerative potential of the canal through art projects.
Designed by Dutch artist, Lambert Kamps, the amazing vessel is a traditional black cab turned upside-down and powered by an outboard motor. Kamps is one of several artists who have been working along the South Sefton Liverpool stretch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal as part of Liverpool Biennial’s Art For Places Sefton community engagement programme in partnership with New Heartlands.
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Art for Places gives local people the opportunity to work with artists and other organisations to improve the quality of life within their neighbourhoods.
http://www.artforplaces.com
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New Heartlands is one of nine HMR pathfinders in the country tasked with regenerating the whole Merseyside area by tackling low-demand and poor-quality housing markets, usually in some of the UK's most deprived areas.
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British Waterways cares for 2,200 miles of the nation’s canals and rivers. Rich in heritage, abundant in wildlife and teeming with activity, inland waterways are as popular today as they've ever been.
http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/
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Places Matter! is an organisation devoted to generating a strong sense of place in living, working and learning environments throughout the Northwest.
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Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial is one of the North West’s leading public art agencies as well as the UK’s largest and most widely reviewed festival of contemporary visual art.  http://www.biennial.com
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