What brings you to Liverpool? asks the man in the cafe to the two students that have been staying with me. ‘We’re here to get some work experience with the Biennial’. ‘What’s that?’ asks the man. ….and that, so it seems, is the general opinion of the average person on the street here.
I wonder if they are bored with it all? There’s always exhibitions popping up in Liverpool, so has the Biennial really made any difference?
I took the two students over to Liverpool this morning and received a text on route, from the next two who are staying over. I must say, this ‘Collaborative Arts Society’ at Leeds Uni certainly has some enthusiastic members – I just wish some of it would rub off here!
So students #1 stayed at the Albert Dock unit while students #2 did a tour of the Biennial, then swapped over early afternoon. While I did the long and lonely trek up to the Bridewell.
How many visitors did you get today? asked Ed, one of the gallery /studio directors. Three I replied. Wow – that’s fantastic! He enthused. The last exhibition had days of no visitors at all.
ho hum
