Month: August 2018
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Newton’ Cradle: Didsbury Arts Festival
A look at the proposal put forward to Didsbury Arts Festival 2019 from Alison Little: Didsbury Arts Festival 2019 Proposal Alison Little is a visual artist and writer based in Liverpool, she looks to combine her visual arts and creative writing practice. As an artist, she has worked on numerous commissions from Go Superlambanana’s to […]
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Augustus: Head
Augustus: Head is a flash fiction works in response to the Meroe Head of Augustus which was exhibited at the Victoria Museum and Gallery in Liverpool earlier in the year. Augustus: Head He stands above us Looking down Piercing eyes Looking through us to a greater existence Baby-faced, framed with cropped curls Winged ears arch […]
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Cardboard Castles
Are you king of your cardboard castle? Castles were strong fortresses built to withstand invasion. Saxon Castles were wooden structures, mounds of earth now, grassy peaks protruding from the ground level. Still standing up as always but no longer fit for purpose. The middle ages saw the use of stone to create strongholds were the […]
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All the Fun of the Fair
Last week saw the ‘All the Fun of the Fair’ installation take over at Bold Place. This weeks blog shares the original fiction works which was the intial sourse point for the installation. All the Fun of the Fair She felt low down, sank down, fallen through into a space only six foot by two […]
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Take away Lobster to Liverpool
‘All the Fun of the Fair’ is the latest installation from Liverpool based artist Alison Little. As part of the Liverpool Independent Biennial, it is being exhibited at 5 Bold Place. She presents a scene based in the American seaside resorts of Maine Country where the lobster is king and sold from the takeaway food […]