Category: Failing
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Toddler Copper
Toddler Copper is the latest digital artwork from Liverpool based artist Alison Little. February, in the UK, has seen public confidence in the Police Force hit an all-time low. Last week, the Police watchdog warned that faith in the Force is being damaged by rumbled investigations and that less serious crime is simply not being…
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Game Over
I stand Tall The remains of Mee demolition The crew: Mee, the head man, Mo, Dow and Re-bow Got started last week The rest of the building knocked down: Demolished Kaput No more Outsides removed Core kept in place Outers ripped Splattered to the ground I stand as I have stood for fifty years A…
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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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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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Light Night Performance
Greenery, the Guardian is the latest poem from Alison Little, it will be performed as part of Light Night Liverpool. Greenery, the Guardian Green surrounds, the greenest of green Green forever, then, green some more Long grass, a simple fragment of sky I wake sober in the distant field My thoughts now clear and renewed…
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Keys
Keys is the latest flash Fiction work from Alison Little. Keys Around us we are surrounded by keys, hung from every section, floating around, spinning. Shadows brightly identified by the white surfaces which are the parameters of our encasement in this heaven -like cell. The keys float and dangle head height like angels in an…
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Artist Talk: The Female Suspension
The Female suspension is an installation which addresses a world of sexual violence. The lower bodies and limbs of numerous women who have been raped are suspended by chained, hooks penetrating their groins. Meat like, a waste product, violated then disposed of like an animal carcass meat still to be stripped from the bones. This…
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Consequential
Consequential is the final chapter of Casual Nexus, the novel being written by Alison Little, this is an extract from the chapter. The characters and events are not based on real people or occurrences. Bea Richards has also heard about the exhibition which Sal had got work into earlier in the week. Like Kate, she…