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Of course if you were lucky enough to visit Palm House Sefton Park in the 90's you will be very familiar with his work.

‘What they threw away, I used’: the story behind Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece This forest of intricately decorated statues was begun in secret by a man who never considered himself an artist but built what became India’s most visited tourist site after the Taj Mahal, the Rock Garden of Chandigarh

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This coming Saturday we're doing some more of this at Liverpool Makefest

Come along for our Cosy Conference this year with 2054 in our sights. What will Liverpool be like then?

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Great night on Friday at the DoES Liverpool Film Night - Pants Labyrinth was a real hit, although the pants didn't go down well. as you can tell from the gritted teeth of the winner.

Well done Simon Jones for organising. Look forward to many more.

Some photos from last weekends Wirral MakeFest

I helped out on the DoES Liverpool stall telling people about all the great activities that take place at DoES Liverpool and pusing new thinking about how to use technology to engage people.

Although I loved my plant pot from Pat Link, and my Bookmark from Little Vintage Photography I did have the most fun explaining Museum in a Box to people. Teachers loved it and you can find out more here https://museuminabox.org/

I really need to post closer to the day these things happen.

Become part of a brilliant organisation pusing for change.

My work is done. Cult Cargo Net.

Our latest call for speakers plus some news from our sponsors.

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I used to love the future gazing aspect of Social Media Cafe - there was that talk from Francis Irving about the walled gardens of social media platforms. Now it kind of goes without saying that they are all splitting with so many different niche platforms - mainly being driven by the purchase of Instagram by Meta and Musk buying Twitter.

Back to the main point - do you have something to say? Do you want to share? Then why not take part in this future gazing session at Liverpool Makefest

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Photos from our Future Gazing session in July 2023

Random selection of images from Kelvingrove Museum and Art gallery plus a sneaky one from The CCA.

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We agree with what they say.

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Uncover Liverpool — Arts Bulletin: Monday 16 October 2023 Click to see the latest arts events, cultural happenings, news, jobs and callouts in the Liverpool City Region.

Get along to this on Sunday!!! It will be epic and taking place in the main hall at the Philharmonic.

Illapu – Manifesto from the Mountains | Nerve Magazine The Chilean band Illapu, who have been playing together for 50 years, will perform at The Liverpool Philharmonic for one night on Sunday 15th October.

Pin, Pins, Pinhead.

Taking a little break yesterday from biennialling I stopped off to rest on the sParkIt project. A lovely project I am vaguely involved with.

This was a very moving show Liverpool Biennial I made it for the final weekend.

Fascinating talk last night at Bluecoat on how the Liverpool Biennial started. It was great to be reminded of how it all came about, the money, the mission. How it placed itself in the consciousness of the UK arts scene. How without it the Manchester International Festival would never have been created and the important role that artists socialising played in the 90s in bringing the sector together. It really opened the streets up and made them safe for people to wander and discover new venues and places across the city.

Go see at the Atkinson and Lady Lever art Gallery.

Guess which one is the large Blue Moon? Taken at Edge Hill Station during the Launch of the Liverpool Community Print Station.

We're looking to recruit speakers for this event in June. We're running a session on the Wirral and could really do with people interested in sustainability for this Ignite Futures event.

Read, Digest, Share (please)

We need your help - we're going to Birkenhead in June to run a Ignite Futures session, which, as you can see from the picture is very different from our usual events. These events are more intimate and people are asked to respond to specific themes, then we open it up to the floor for people to ask questions.

We're doing this as part of Wirral Makefest on June 3rd, think Liverpool Makefest but on the Wirral. There is more information here https://wirralmakefest.org/

So I hear you asking how is it that I can help out one of my favourite events.

We really need you to help us get the message out to anyone who lives on the Wirral and who would likely be interested in these subject areas. We are after aspirational ideas -

Session 1
Title: How to encourage Active Travel

Session 2
Title: How to encourage food sustainability

Session 3
Title: Regeneration and Tourism

Session 4
Title: Using Sustainability Creatively

You can find out more and even decide to do a talk yourself right here https://igniteliverpool.com/2023/03/wirral-makefest-2023/

Do you or someone you know need to get out of the house more? Then this initiative could be right up their street.

Jelly Coworking tours city centre coworking facilities for free. They normally meet up every Thursday and this week there is a bonus as they have Freelance Friday. So get out of the house this Thursday and Friday.



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Looking for inspiration this year then start it off right with a bit of Ignite

Ignite Liverpool – January 2023 | Ignite Liverpool Volume #46 – 18th January It is our great pleasure to be able to bring together such a rich diversity of talented speakers for an evening of cerebral stimulation. Our speakers are all checking their slides, rehearsing their timings and ensuring their vocal cords are in tip top condition for the ne...

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Ignite Liverpool is coming up later this month and have a call out for speakers so why not get to it and give ignite a go.

Be a speaker – Thinkers Doers Makers Dreamers and Creators required | Ignite Liverpool We’re always looking out for Thinkers, Doers, Makers, Dreamers, Creators and movers and shakers who can inspire the community. Can you capture a room and inspire an audience? So what can you do with 20 slides in Five minutes? So you have decided to present at Ignite………Well done.   Follow th...

Hope you are all doing well - yes yes it's been a long time - that will be covid and life upheavals that will do that for you.

One of the projects I am involved in has been nominated for an award so I thought I would share the details here.

We're really pleased to announce that we have been nominated for an award in the Innovation in Business Awards 2022.

Finally, went to see the Sickert show, but these are from that show. They are in the collection downstairs at the back. Always loved the plate and the coffee set here. I now want a set of these plates

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