The String Of Lineage will not be broken, LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL
Video: Michelle Eistrup Drawing: Fisk student Bryston Lee Design: Magda Bugzek
A musical interlude exploring connections of history and the passage of the crossing over the Atlantic in movement, dance and connections. Liverpool Biennial 2023, ‘uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things’, is structured around a triangulation, mirroring the journeys undertaken during the Trans-atlantic trade of enslaved people. The three points within the Biennial- The Opening Door, The Middle Passage, and The Reflective Return- all operate to provide alternative entry points into ‘uMoya’ and its associated provocations. Throughout August, a series of events, talks, offerings and live performances will ignite the city, inviting audiences to interact with the spirit of ‘uMoya’. The Middle Passage aims to create a liminal space from which to explore possibilities for healing and returns. Exploring the moving image further, Liverpool Bien-nial 2023 venue FACT will play host to two screening events on Friday 4th August. ‘Moving in the Middle Passage‘ incorporates an exclusive film screening and in-conversation event to explore the art of animation, moving image and short film. Chaired and hosted by Osei Bonsu, Curator of Modern and Contempo-rary Art of Africa at Tate Modern, this event will take the form of an artist panel discussion with Santiago Mostyn and Versia Harris, with contributions from Michelle Eistrup.
Liverpool Biennial Curator: Khanyisile Mbongwa
