Biennial

In November 2008, Thoughtful arranged for our group to visit Liverpool's Biennial exhibition in the Tate gallery and around the city.

First of all we visited the gallery along the docks and found it incredibly inspirational. Thoughtful had worked on the mural that was used to advertise the show and was featured on a large wall in the Tate as well as on the front windows. Having been before, I fully appreciated the work that had been done from the usual exhibitions to the seasonal work.

Afterwards we were lucky enough to be shown around the city by a member of Thoughtful and were in ore by the originality and extremity of the work featured actually in the environment. 'Turning the place over' was a piece done by Richard Wilson. He had cut out a huge circular part of a building in the centre of the city which he had attached to hydraulic mechanisms that rotated the section continuously. It is apparently the 'most daring piece of public art ever commissioned in the UK'.

The big spider that featured on a web which was attached to buildings in a square was another amazing iconic piece. It was bizarre to look up and see the creature outside. It lit up at night too making it much more noticeable.

Throughout the tour there were many more interesting and delightful sights. It felt like going around a zoo. Just the fact that everything was featured in the environment was incredible and it was a really great day out, that ended with a few lectures in Liverpool's town hall by a typographer named and another designer named . Both talks again left me with a lot to think about and gave me great inspiration.