This Autumn Tate Liverpool will be packed full of online events inspired by the gallery’s Don McCullin and Mikhail Karikis: Ferocious Love exhibitions.
Listen to discussions on issues surrounding the work of Don McCullin, from ethics in photography to the role and representation of women within the documentary photography industry, or take inspiration from the photographer’s arresting landscape imagery to create your own prints in one of our online workshops. Engage with themes of climate activism focused on in Ferocious Love and find your activist voice with Liverpool Socialist Singers in an online workshop.
On Thursday 15 October from 18.30 – 20.00, Women and Documentary Photography is an online Zoom panel discussion Chaired by Dr Pippa Oldfield, academic and photography curator. She will be joined by Newsha Tavakolian, who has covered wars in Iraq and a range of social issues; Alison Baskerville, a documentary photographer, artist and former soldier; and Rena Effendi, an award-winning documentary photographer who has worked for the New Yorker, New York Times, TIME and many others. The three photographers will offer new interpretations of the history of conflict photography from the perspective of women in conflict and documentary photography, exploring the role women have played within it.
The Ethics of the Image on Thursday 12 November from 19.00 – 20.00 will tackle some of the vital concerns around photojournalism, the ethical responsibilities of photographers and editors and the agency of the subject. Guest speakers include photographer Anthony Luvera along with writer and director of NYU’s Gallatin Photojournalism Lab Lauren Walsh, and former picture editor of The Observer and independent photography consultant Jennie Ricketts.
Or on Tuesday 24 November from 14.00 – 15.00, find out more about the life and work of British photographer Don McCullin in a Curator’s Talk. Co-curator Tamar Hemmes will give a fascinating insight into the planning of the Don McCullin exhibition at Tate Liverpool, along with stories behind some of the iconic photographs currently on display in the gallery.
On Saturday 28 November from 10.30 – 12.30, the online Something From Nothing Printmaking Watch Party is a chance for participants to get creative at home using the everyday objects that surround them. Or, book tickets to enjoy Afternoon Tea on the Royal Albert Dock in the Tate Liverpool café, surrounded by the iconic designs of Sir Peter Blake.
To coincide with Mikhail Karikis’s Ferocious Love on display in the gallery, visitors are invited to hear about the process behind the commission, or play around with some of the techniques used to create the audio-visual installation. From 14.00 – 15.30 on Sunday 25 October, Liverpool Socialist Singers, the group behind the stunning audio track featured in Ferocious Love will host an online workshop that will teach participants new ways to use their voices. On Thursday 19 November from 19.00 – 20.30, Commissioning Collaboration is a panel discussion between Mikhail Karikis and representatives from Tate Liverpool and Birmingham City University about the three-year collaborative project that led up to the commission
OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS
WOMEN AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Thursday 15 October
18.30 – 20.00
FREE ZOOM PANEL
Hear from Dr Pippa Oldfield and photographers Newsha Tavakolian, Alison Baskerville and Rena Effendi as they discuss their role as conflict and documentary photographers. They will offer new interpretations of the history of conflict photography and explore the role women have played within it.
SOUND AND SINGING WORKSHOP LED BY LIVERPOOL SOCIALIST SINGERS
Sunday 25 October
14.00 – 15.30
FREE ZOOM WORKSHOP
Join Liverpool Socialist Singers for a lively singing Workshop. Taking inspiration from their collaboration on a new artwork Ferocious Love with artist Mikhail Karikis, this workshop will focus on communal noise-making and protest, using body percussion, voice play and found sound. No previous experience required, all welcome.
To book visit tate.org.uk
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
THE ETHICS OF THE IMAGE
Thursday 12 November
19.00 – 20.00
FREE ZOOM PANEL
This online panel discussion will focus on the vital concerns surrounding the ethics of photojournalism, the role and responsibilities of the photographer, the considerations of the editor and the agency of the subject. Guest speakers include photographer Anthony Luvera, writer and director of NYU’s Gallatin Photojournalism Lab Lauren Walsh and former picture editor of The Observer and independent photography consultant Jennie Ricketts.
To book visit tate.org.uk
COMMISSIONING COLLABORATION: TATE LIVERPOOL AND BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY
Thursday 19 November
19.00 – 20.30
FREE ZOOM PANEL
Join representatives from Tate Liverpool and Birmingham City University to discuss their collaborative commissions, reflecting on their three-year partnership model and their recent collaboration for Mikhail Karikis’s Ferocious Love. Chaired by Lindsey Fryer, Head of Learning for Tate Liverpool in conversation with artist Mikhail Karikis, Professor Jonathan Harris, Beth Derbyshire and students from Birmingham City University, and Emma Sumner, Project Manager for the commission.
To book visit tate.org.uk
DON MCCULLIN CURATOR TALK
Tuesday 24 November
14.00 – 15.00
FREE ONLINE TALK
Curator Tamar Hemmes discusses the life and work of Don McCullin, giving a fascinating insight into the planning of the exhibition and the stories behind some of McCullin’s iconic photographs.
To book visit tate.org.uk
ONLINE SOMETHING FROM NOTHING PRINTMAKING WATCH PARTY
Saturday 28 November
10.30 – 12.30
£15 / £12
This 2-hour session will encourage participants to make prints from found objects around their homes using low-fi humble materials wherever possible. Realise the potential of the everyday objects that surround us and transform the mundane into innovative surface design. This workshop will teach how to put prints to good use to make waxed eco-friendly reusable food wraps and lunch bags. A basic material pack for the workshop will be posted in advance, and all the techniques discussed will be easy to recreate at home.
To book visit tate.org.uk
