The Long Night Of The Biennial 30/10/08

As we have mentioned in a previous post, The Hope Street Project are participating in the above.

Here is a press release abot the whole night:

WELCOME TO THE LIVERPOOL GALLERIES’ FIRST LONG NIGHT
The Long Night of the Biennial
Thursday 30 October 2008

Night-time Liverpool will be transformed as an unprecedented number of the city’s galleries will keep their doors open to the public, some until 11.00pm. A nocturnal feast of art, events, music, film and performance will give visitors a very special experience of the visual arts in Liverpool during the Long Night of the Biennial on Thursday 30 October 2008.

Come straight from work, join in the debate, do the tours, wear the glowstick, eat & meet, watch it all happen, and enjoy Liverpool’s favourite and up and coming studios and galleries.

FREE TOURS

Special torch lit walking tours will add an enchanting dimension to the experience of viewing works outside the usual gallery spaces – half hourly between 7.00 & 10.00pm from the Liverpool Biennial 2008 Visitor Centre on Lime Street. You can pre book on 08452 202 800

Merseytravel’s Tunnel Tours team will host two tours of George’s Dock Ventilation Building at the Pier Head – at 6.00pm and 7.30pm. Pre book the free one-hour tours on 0151 236 8602 ext 204.

MUSIC

It’s the opening night of Liverpool Music Week, and there will be free live music in many galleries including The Walker Art Gallery, the Bluecoat, FACT, Tate Liverpool, Red Wire, CUC, View Two and 3345 Parr St.

TALKS

Pre-booking is recommended for Biennial artist Luisa Lambri’s talk at Tate Liverpool and the Le Corbusier debate, but just turn up before 6.30pm to hear Juan Cruz (Head of Art, Liverpool School of Art and Design) at The Royal Standard.

FILM

There will be an outdoor projection on the east wall of Merseytravel’s Georges Dock Building, plus films at the Bluecoat, FACT, Open Eye, Tate Liverpool, and on the BBC Big Screen.

Free Bus travel for 08 card holders

Merseytravel is also supporting the Long Night of the Biennial with a special deal on the S1 bus. Visitors can take advantage of the S1 bus, which takes a ‘cultural circuit’ around the city centre from 6.00pm-11.00pm. The service will be free to all passengers producing an ‘08 card from 6.00pm on the day.

Eating & Meeting

Take your pick from a whole variety of gallery choices to meet and eat during the evening.

The Long Night List

Galleries, studios and organisations involved are Liverpool Biennial 2008, the Bluecoat, FACT, Open Eye Gallery, Tate Liverpool, The Walker Art Gallery, A Foundation, Arena Art & Design Association, BBC Big Screen, Black-E, Bluecoat Display Centre, The Bridewell Gallery, CCP Car Park, Ceri Hand Gallery, Contemporary Urban Centre, Curve Gallery, dot-art, Merseytravel’s Georges Dock Building, Hope Street Project, Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Red Wire, The Royal Standard, Static Trading Co., St Georges Hall Visitor Centre, Victoria Gallery and Museum, View Two Gallery, Wolstenholme Projects, 3345 Parr Street.

Please visit www.biennial.com/longnight for full programme details or pick up a brochure on 30 October.

Hope Street Project Goes Live 29/10/08

The project will go live on the 29th October. You will be able to hear the voices we have collected in recent weeks to transmit between the 2 Cathedrals as well as being able to contribute your own voice if you so wish.

Here are details of the project when it goes live:

The project uses two lasers - one visible during hours of darkness and the second an invisible beam carrying voices and sounds between the two Cathedrals.

Voices travel as light down Hope Street. The voices also vibrate the strings of a guitar creating a chordal and harmonic backdrop to the delicate tapestry of voices. The overall sound created will offer a gentle and discreet ambience for reflection and contemplation.


Visitors to the Cathedrals will be able to hear the sounds created by the installation in both Cathedrals as follows:

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral: Holy Oils Chapel

Liverpool Cathedral: Main Body of Cathedral

Wednesday 29/10/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Tuesday 4/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Thursday 6/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Saturday 8/11/08 5.00 - 6.00pm
Wednesday 12/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Friday 14/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Saturday 15/11/08 5.00 - 6.00pm
Thursday 20/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm
Saturday 22/11/08 5.00 - 6.00pm
Wednesday 26/11/08 2.00 - 3.00pm

If you would like to add your voice to the project during your visit to the Cathedrals then you will be able to contact a member of the project as follows:

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral: Adjacent Chapel Of Oils

Liverpool Cathedral: Opposite Derby Transept

What we would like you to give us is your answer to the following question:

What do you hope for in life?

Your response can be a word, a phrase, a sentence or a short poem.

You will be able to record the answer at an open microphone and hear your response join the other voices being transmitted between the 2 Cathedrals.

Hope Street Project Launch 28/10/08

If you are reading this post then we invite you to our launch as follows:

Voices Travel As Light Down Hope Street 28th October 2008

Opening at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at 6.00pm

The audience will be able to hear the voices collected by the project in a soundscape within the Cathedral's space during a simultaneous transmission to Liverpool Cathedral

Move on to Liverpool Cathedral approx. 6.20pm

The audience will be able to view the visible laser connecting Liverpool's two Cathedrals as they walk along Hope Street to Liverpool Cathedral.

Opening at Liverpool Cathedral at approx. 6.30pm

The audience will be able to hear the voices collected by the project in a soundscape within the Cathedral's space during a simultaneous transmission to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

Event Closes at 7.30pm

I look forward to meeting you on the night.

Hope Street @ The Bluecoat Liverpool 25/10/08

If you are in town tomorrow then why not drop by and meet us at The Bluecoat!

Hope Street Project @ The Bluecoat 25/10/08
Voices Travel As Light Down Hope Street
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1

Please turn up anytime between 11.00am and 4.00pm and add your voice to our project.

Record your words and phrases of hope. Recordings will take place in the Hub

Hope Street @ The Long Night Of The Biennial 30/10/08

The Hope Street Project is participating in the Long Night Of The Biennial which is being held in Liverpool on 30/10/08 as follows:

Hope Street Project @ Long Night Of The Biennial 30/10/08
Voices Travel As Light Down Hope Street
Lecture Theatre, John Moores University, 68 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9HW

Turn up anytime between 7.00 and 9.00pm and add your voice to our project. Record your words and phrases during the Long Night of the Biennial. Recordings will take place in the historic lecture theatre where John Lennon studied art in Liverpool.

Check out the Long Night Of The Biennial website for full details of the action packed evening for art in Liverpool.

Hope Street Project @ 68 Hope Street 23/10/08

Voices Travel As Light Down Hope Street Thursday 23rd October 2008

Lecture Theatre, John Moores University, 68 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9HW

Turn up anytime between 7.00 and 9.00pm

Add your voice to our project. Record your words and phrases on the night. Recordings will take place in the historic lecture theatre where John Lennon studied art in Liverpool.

Cheers and look forward to meeting you on the night.

Colin
Hope Street Project

Festival of light to shine on River Mersey

30/9/08 Liza Williams Daily Post

EIGHT of the most innovative lighting designers in the world are coming to Liverpool this October to create a month-long festival of light spanning the River Mersey.

The Pool of Light is the most ambitious project of its type undertaken by the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association (PLDA) and has been organised by Liverpool Vision.

The designers will lead teams of volunteers from all over the world – including people from Liverpool – and within workshops they will design and create lighting ideas concentrating on seven real locations in the city centre and Wirral.

The temporary lighting installations are delivered from scratch in just one week, and will be linked by a specially illuminated Mersey ferry.

The lighting designers, from countries including the US, Germany and Sweden have already visited the city touring the locations to ensure their talent and experience can create the greatest visual impact.

Ian McCarthy, programme director at Liverpool Vision, said: “The Pool of Light is about Liverpool having the confidence to show itself off. Lighting is now recognised as important in making towns and cities better places and Liverpool has done much in recent times to make the city attractive at night.

“The extension of the working day, the blurring of the distinction between work and leisure time and the gradual shift towards the 24-hour city mean that lighting towns and cities is increasingly important.

“This festival will emphasise the benefits of lighting in making the most of our architectural heritage and how we are blending the old with the new in Liverpool.”

Five of the lighting schemes will be in and around Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle and the other two will be at Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, and at the ventilation shaft at Seacombe.

In addition, lighting events in this year’s Liverpool Biennial will play a part in adding to the night-time colour of the city, including the Hope Street Project, an art installation linking Liverpool's two cathedrals with lasers.

The switch-on on October 31 coincides with the Pool of Light – Light and Scale Conference which will examine the importance of good architectural lighting and describe the workshop schemes and involve high-profile keynote speakers.

Guided walking tours will be available to the public from November 1. Cllr Jean Stapleton, Wirral’s cabinet member for regeneration and planning strategy, said: “We have been working closely with colleagues in Liverpool on this project.

“Wirral and Liverpool will be linked at night by a specially lit ferry creating a beautiful spectacle on one of the greatest cultural attractions across the River Mersey, which is our most famous gateway.”

Cllr Warren Bradley, leader of Liverpool City Council, added: “The Pool of Light should bring the wow factor again towards the end of our successful year as European Capital of Culture.

“This festival will also enhance our growing international reputation for imaginative lighting of our landmark buildings, but importantly this is also an inclusive project and our residents will also see the benefits imaginative lighting can bring.”

FOR further information on the Pool of Light, or to get involved,

visit www.pool-of-light.co.uk

lizawilliams@dailypost.co.uk

Liverpool Cathedrals’ laser link-up conveys hopes for future

Vicky Anderson Daily Post 1/1/08

THERE’S much more to the striking ray of green light that has appeared in Liverpool’s night sky than meets the eye – or even ear.

Hundreds of people have already become involved in the Hope Street Project, of which the laser beaming between the city’s two cathedrals is the most visual part.

Alongside it is an invisible beam that will transmit sound between the two cathedrals for visitors in each to hear, specifically, the voices of the people of Liverpool.

Peter Appleton and Colin Dilnot, the team behind the installation, are currently recording people of all ages and back- grounds speaking a word, phrase or poem in response to the question "what do you hope for in life?"

They have held open days in arts venues including the Fact centre and invited primary schools, faith groups and community groups in the area to take part.

Following on from the collection of voices, the resulting recorded sounds travelling along the invisible beam will vibrate the strings of a guitar, creating a harmonic backdrop to the soft tapestry of voices which will be heard in both cathedrals at designated times, with the aim of creating a contemplative atmosphere.

The finished aural project will be launched for the public to hear on October 29 between 2pm and 3pm and on several other days for an hour at a time before the end of the project.

The project will climax with a concert on November 27 that will be heard in both cathedrals, using the voices and a special choral work being composed by musician Simon Thorn.

The laser was launched to tie in with the Biennial and has so far been the focal point – and it is just the beginning.

There will still be opportunities to add a voice at occasions including the special Long Night of the Biennial on October 30 at 68 Hope Street (John Moores University).

"It seems to have captured people’s imaginations, as it is a work of art that people can actually get involved in and play a major part in it by leaving their voices, said Mr Dilnot.

"We wanted to try and approach as many different people as possible."

vickyanderson@dailypost.co.uk

Ray Of Hope

Catherine Jones 19/9/08 Ray Of Hope Liverpool Echo

A LASER beam of light is linking the towers of Liverpool's two cathedrals.

Final tests were carried out this week and the laser was officially turned on for the first time last night.

It can be seen at night, with the green beam particularly clear on misty or rainy evenings, until the end of November as part of the Independents section of the Liverpool Biennial.

One of the best vantage points will be on the steps of the Metropolitan cathedral.

Artists behind the Hope Street Project say they hope it will "be perceived as a valuable contribution to the social and spiritual resonance of Liverpool 2008."

The project uses two lasers – one visible during hours of darkness and the second an invisible beam carrying voices and sounds along Hope Street.

And organisers are looking for Liverpudlians to take part in the installation.

The project manager, Wirral artist and writer Colin Dilnot, said: "We're in the process of collecting voices which will be carried along the second laser and we're looking for people to take part.

"We also want to encourage schools and community groups to get involved.

"There will be times during the week and weekend when if you go into either cathedral you'll be able to hear the sounds we've collected.

"We're going to put the voices through the strings of a guitar and because everyone is different, it will create a harmonic sound."

The Hope Street Project is the third phase of a series of installations by artist and musician Peter Appleton and composer Simon Thorne.

The others were at Cardiff's Old Library and at Manchester Futuresonic.

The project will culminate with a simultaneous concert in the cathedrals involving local choirs on November 27.

catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk

Laser Switch On

We switched the visible laser on during the evening of the 19/9/08 to coincide with the opening of the Liverpool Biennial 2008.

We have had lots of positive feedback since we went live with project and the laser has become a regular spectacle for visitors to the Hope Street area.

The laser is currently visible every night from 7.30pm until Midnight.