Code of Misconduct
ALEX Corina, he of the Garston Village and Mona Lennon fame, has taken to the Highway Code to express his ire at the impact of Cameron and Clegg's austerity measures.
The Lark Lane-based artist has created a series of new works prompted by five years of the Coalition's ideas and they form an exhibition opening this weekend in Liverpool.
At its centre is The Coalition Cycle – "a potent symbol of the contradictions and competition between different ideologies contained within the Coalition’s term in office".
In Alex's words: “The cycle is a bike heading in two directions at once and is a surreal response to the all too real and damaging consequences of a Government pulling in different directions.
Yorkshire-born Alex has adapted the familiar Highway Code to create new road signs which highlight the impact of austerity measures and the Coalition’s economic policies on the NHS and the Welfare state.
*The exhibition is being staged at The Gallery Liverpool on Stanhope Street. The private view is Friday, March 27, 7pm. Otherwise catch it until April 9.
On the Threshold
FOR all the young dudes and those who just like looking like or at all the young dudes, this weekend marks another annual Threshhold Festival.
So it’s the Baltic triangle for you Sunny Jim and Jimette, its spaces and places all being saturated with grassroots culcha.
There is so much going on that it’s impossible to list, so our totally random pick is this: The Evolution of the Groove which will follow modern dance music from its earliest origins in the blues and jazz clubs of the US, to the rich and diverse sounds that have spread across almost every corner of the world today.
The Mixnots will open proceedings with all things disco at the Observatory on Friday March 27 before Hustle’s Jimmy Allen and Get Down’s Or:la and Tom Davies take care of house and deep house respectively, with Discoteca Poca’s Mr. Paul closing things with his unrivalled collection of techno.
On Sunday, providing a soundtrack to the Captstan’s Bazaar market at the Observatory, the Chicken Brothers play jazz and blues, Gavin Kendrick does ska and reggae sounds and Fire House’s Josh Ray searches the world for the perfect groove as Beaten Tracks draw proceedings to a close with a “heady selection” of funk and soul.
*Weekend Tickets are Available for Threshold V priced at just £20. See here for more.
Get the kettle on lassChina pearls
Liverpool’s award-winning arts and culture company, China Pearl is presenting a Traditional Han Chinese Show at the Unity Theatre this Saturday, with some performances being seen for the first time.
China Pearl Artistic Director Fenfen Huang said: “Our show will feature the sophisticated, elegant and beautiful traditional Han culture, the quintessential ethnic group for Chinese diaspora, with an eclectic and enticing programme of dance and music,
“We will also feature martial arts, Tai Chi, a beautiful tea ceremony, traditional costume catwalk, calligraphy and poetry. We believe it will be an exceptional treat for anybody interested in learning more about Chinese culture, history, arts and literature,”“This will be the first show in the UK themed on traditional Han Chinese culture. Han Chinese is the main group in China with very long history and rich culture.
“I hope our event at the Unity will help a British audience know more about Chinese culture and China."
In other words, it’ll be ace.
Traditional Han Chinese Show, Unity Theatre, Saturday March 28, 2.30pm and 8pm. Tickets £13 (£11 concessions). More details here. www.china-pearl.co.uk
