Bido Lito! Magazine | Issue 116 | August 2021

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NEWS ART IN THE MANSION “We are all craving physical experiences, and viewing art is always better in person,” says Lucy Byrne, managing director of dot-art, on the motive behind a new art exhibition and submission programme at Calderstones Park’s refurbished Mansion House. A partnership between South Liverpool charity The Reader and social enterprise dot-art is facilitating the programme, with a joint venture to provide a platform for local artists to promote and sell their work, while also enabling visitors to engage with visual art in new and different ways. The programme will follow a rolling process, with exhibitions lasting between one and six weeks. Artists from across the Merseyside region are invited to apply through the Reader website. Mansion House thereader.org.uk PROPELLER “The old music industry is dead”, Future Yard declare. PROPELLER is here to take its place. The venue’s new artist membership scheme will empower a new generation of musicians and promising established artists with the skills, knowledge and support necessary to embrace the modern music industry. Propeller members are provided with access to high quality rehearsal space, a professional and dedicated industry mentor, a personalised development plan, regular workshops and masterclasses from leading music minds, and immersion within a vibrant artistic community. Propeller looks to foster and support embryonic talent to build an audience, develop their work and transform the music scene. Applications are open until 2nd August. propeller.futureyard.org Propeller BRIDGING THE GAP In an effort to build bridges between communities and cultures, a three-day series of outdoor pop-up events and happenings are set to play out beneath the bridge at Liverpool’s Breeze Hill Millennium Green. Hosted by Culture Liverpool in partnership with Imagineer, the event aims to connect people in new, exciting and unexpected ways, through a host of diverse daytime acts and late-night performance extravaganzas. Featuring an eclectic programme of collaborations between communities and arts organisations from across Merseyside, you can expect a wide array of dance, comedy, theatre, live music and acrobatics. Free to attend for all ages, the event will be ticketed with limited availability. cultureliverpool.co.uk/bridge HOUSE OF SUAREZ WORLD TAKEOVER A formal invitation into a cultural vortex of time and space, the annual House of Suarez Vogue Ball returns this Autumn. A much-celebrated event in Liverpool’s cultural calendar, the ball has seen immense success since its debut in 2008, after forming part of the European Capital of Culture Homotopia LGBTQ+ programme. Set to take over the World Museum on 23rd October, this year’s exhibition – Night at the Poseum – will take inspiration from the venue’s own collections, in a showcase that covers all things costume, dance and drama. With costume and performance contributions from Houses across the UK, the 2021 competition for catwalk supremacy will be judged by a group of local panellists, to include BBC Radio Merseyside personality Ngunan Adamu and actor Nathan Sussex. House Of Suarez liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 10
GIVE A HOOF FOR HISTORY The eager-eyed among you will have recently spotted a new neighbour atop The Liverpool Plinth at Liverpool Parish Church. Sculpted using recycled plastic milk bottles and wire frames, Faith Bebbington’s installation of Jimmy the horse takes inspiration from the horse she rode as a child and acknowledges the city’s dependence on horsepower for its historic waterways. As Liverpool’s answer to Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, the dedicated site platforms sculptors in the north of England and will proudly display Jimmy for 12 months. Jimmy BALTIC SOUND SUMMIT To educate, inspire and connect – the overall aim of Liverpool Audio Network’s annual Electric Sound Summit conference, which returns to the Baltic Triangle this September. Featuring masterclass seminars, panel discussions, live music workshops and keynote talks, ESS is the first and only event of its kind in the region, offering electronic artists an opportunity to grow both creatively and professionally. As part of the crucial road-to-recovery for both the wider industry and the electronic music scenes within it, the conference will play out across multiple venues on 3rd and 4th September. Limited tickets available. electronicsoundsummit.co.uk Sound Summit IVORY POWER If you’re in the mood for melody, Liverpool One will get you feeling alright. This is what Piano Man Billy Joel would surely coo upon the news that Tickle The Ivories – our city centre shopping emporium’s public music initiative – is to be extended to 30th August. Music ensembles, circus performers, dancers and artists of any stripe are invited to book a slot at the annual festival of street performance. The best way to seal your spot is to email Tickle Music Programmer chris@culture.org.uk and then get warming up those fingers. liverpool-one.com/events/tickle BREAKING BREAD The Bread Streets Group have been busy coordinating a special event to raise money for their local area. Taking place at the Herculaneum and Grafton Park on 21st August, the community fête will host music, arts and crafts, games and more as the area looks to come together after a tough 18 months. The event is an initiative by residents, for residents and is receiving help from all corners of the community, including the brilliant Park Palace Ponies and Granby Toxteth Development Trust. Go along to show your support. ALTERNATIVE SPACES For many in the UK’s live music industry, embracing the new normal is the last thing that needs to happen. Informed by research around the needs of local gig-goers and sound-seekers, Where Are The Girl Bands’ Alternative Spaces event programme at Bloom Building aims to challenge the conventional gig space with a series of events foregrounding safety and the representation of more diverse artist line-ups. Following a range of artist-led workshops in July, including photography, songwriting and art development days, 8th August will see an open mic and poetry development day with more events to follow. @wherearethegirlbands NEWS 11
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