Join us for a weekend of Lunar New Year celebrations with artists from our current exhibition, in collaboration with Asia-Art-Activism.
Part of the Radical Ancestry season
Lunar New Year is an international and intergenerational pan-Asian occasion for reconnecting and sharing food in celebration of friendship and family. Get stuck in with a packed weekend of activities where the artwork spills out of the galleries through family-friendly tours and workshops with food, storytelling, making and music.
Book onto any of our free events below and enjoy 10% discount at Riposo at FACT, our new café, bar and coffee spot.
CURATOR TOUR
Fri 4 Feb / 13:00 - 14:00
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Join our first tour of the weekend with curator in residence, Annie Jael Kwan, for a guided experience of Future Ages Will Wonder. Explore the galleries together, chat about the show and ask questions about the artworks and how they were made.
YELLOW FURRY LULLABY
Fri 4 Feb / 19:00 - 20:00
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Breakwater of Youngsook Choi and Taey Iohe present a storytelling performance called Yellow Furry Lullaby. Taking the form of a healing ritual, the collective use Korean national mythology and children's stories to navigate the trauma of historical and contemporary slavery. Join us in the gallery after hours for this intimate performance.
DO SOMETHING SATURDAYS
Sat 5 Feb / 10:00 - 12:00
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Join us for a special edition of Do Something Saturdays developed by visual artist, Youngsook Choi, to explore the formation of kinship.
CURATOR TOUR
Sat 5 Feb / 12:30 - 13:30
Free, book now
Join our second tour of the weekend with curator in residence, Annie Jael Kwan, for a guided experience of Future Ages Will Wonder. Explore the galleries together, chat about the show and ask questions about the artworks and how they were made.
ALTERNATIVE HERITAGE WALK
Sat 5 Feb / 14:00 - 15:00
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Yarli Allison will be joined by local researcher Yvonne Foley to uncover and retell the stories which have been hidden or lost throughout parts of the city, specifically exploring old and new Chinatown, revisiting Liverpool’s rich history as a port city.
WORLD WIDE WONTON WORKSHOP
Sat 5 Feb / 15:30 - 17:00
Free, book now
Join us for a cooking workshop where we will be learning to make tang yuan, a Chinese and Vietnamese dessert that is often eaten as a symbol of family togetherness and union in celebration of Lunar New Year.
FACT is funded by Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council. This event is supported by Artsformation, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Artsformation is a research project exploring the intersection between arts, society and technology.
Fermented Flower (2021)
UK-based South Korean artists, Breakwater, confront the racist roots deeply embedded in the field of botany, which stem back to the Victorian era
In 1875 We Met At the Docks of Liverpool 於梨花埠遇上 (2021)
In this newly commissioned work, Yarli Allison reconstructs Liverpool’s old Chinatown and tells the stories of its lost Chinese sailors.
Cigarette Cards - Ethnic-Chinese Seafarers in Britain 1900s (2021)
Set of 8 lightboxes displaying watercolour paintings inspired by vintage cigarette cards.
Dear Child, Guess Where This Is (2021)
This miniature diorama forms part of a multimedia installation exploring intergenerational grief and loss, telling the stories of Liverpool's lost Chinese sailors.
Dear Child, Guess What I've Seen Sailing (2021)
This hand-written letter forms part of a multimedia installation exploring intergenerational loss and grief and tells the story of Liverpool's lost Chinese sailors.
In Virtual Return You (can't) Dehaunt / 於虛擬的彼岸 迴魂（不）散 (2018-2021)
In Virtual Return You (can't) Dehaunt / 於虛擬的彼岸 迴魂（不）散 traces the real life stories of four queer Hong Kong transmigrants born in the 1980s, for whom lived migrant and diaspora experiences exist alongside memories of childhood homes under British colonial rule that no longer exist.
Exhibition
Future Ages Will Wonder
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FACT
Future Ages Will Wonder presents an 'alternative museum' of artworks that use science and technology to question our past and offer new ways of understanding who we are and where we belong.
Tour
Curator Tour
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FACT
Join Annie Jael Kwan, curator of exhibition, Future Ages Will Wonder, for a special guided tour of works by 9 international artists and artist groups.
Workshop
Do Something Saturdays: Alternative Family Trees
FACT
Join us for a special edition of Do Something Saturdays developed by visual artist, Youngsook Choi, to explore the formation of kinship.
Tour
Alternative Heritage Walks
FACT
Join Future Ages Will Wonder artist Yarli Allison on an alternative heritage tour of Liverpool, retracing Chinatown's historical streets.
Workshop
World Wide Wontons
FACT
Join us for a cooking workshop where we will be learning to make tang yuan, a Chinese and Vietnamese dessert that is often eaten as a symbol of family togetherness and union in celebration of Lunar New Year.
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