W O O L Liverpool Independents Biennial Scarf Reissue
The scarf features a Liver Bird at one end and a Welsh Dragon at the other, divided by traditional welsh weave pattern, bookending the word ‘W O O L’. In neutral marls, red and brown.
At 20 orders the scarves will be put into production, please allow 4 weeks.
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W O O L is a multi-channel filmic-sound installation and activatory performance.
W O O L takes the name of the quintessentially Scouse slang term:
(Woollyback);people from outside the city, particularly from surrounding areas like The Wirral and Cheshire, derived from 19th-century dock workers who transported wool on their backs into the marketplace of the city.
W O O L seeks to encompass the affection towards an otherness from which the term derives, utilising the practices of two artists, each born on respective sides of the wool’s journey.
W O O L employs performance and sound to activate ambient and material histories, spanning the geographical distance of wool spun in rural Wales, through Cheshire, and carried across the Mersey.
W O O L weaves folkloric craft traditions with nuanced evocations of Scouse football culture, drawing parallels between communal ritual, identity, and belonging.
W O O L exists as a collateral exhibition to this year's Biennial theme BEDROCK, utilising the physical sandstone and social foundations of Liverpool as a curatorial springboard.
W O O L Liverpool Independents Biennial Scarf Reissue
The scarf features a Liver Bird at one end and a Welsh Dragon at the other, divided by traditional welsh weave pattern, bookending the word ‘W O O L’. In neutral marls, red and brown.
At 20 orders the scarves will be put into production, please allow 4 weeks.
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W O O L is a multi-channel filmic-sound installation and activatory performance.
W O O L takes the name of the quintessentially Scouse slang term:
(Woollyback);people from outside the city, particularly from surrounding areas like The Wirral and Cheshire, derived from 19th-century dock workers who transported wool on their backs into the marketplace of the city.
W O O L seeks to encompass the affection towards an otherness from which the term derives, utilising the practices of two artists, each born on respective sides of the wool’s journey.
W O O L employs performance and sound to activate ambient and material histories, spanning the geographical distance of wool spun in rural Wales, through Cheshire, and carried across the Mersey.
W O O L weaves folkloric craft traditions with nuanced evocations of Scouse football culture, drawing parallels between communal ritual, identity, and belonging.
W O O L exists as a collateral exhibition to this year's Biennial theme BEDROCK, utilising the physical sandstone and social foundations of Liverpool as a curatorial springboard.