11 Jul 19 — 06 Oct 19

Summer 2019

Join us this season as we explore the future world of work and our place within it.

Enjoy free entry to our major exhibition, REAL WORK, which presents two new powerful installations by artists Liz Magic Laser and Candice Breitz.

We have a summer of activities including debut performances from The Liverpool Complaints Choir – Citizens Singing About Work, a self-care drawing workshop, guided walks of Liverpool’s sexual entertainment venues, and a symposium about the issues of precarious work.

Plus, Saturdays just got better! Enjoy our free, drop-in family activities every weekend to learn and create together. You can also grow an idea or start something new in our Learning Space which has had a co-working makeover. Open to all, plug in your laptop or phone and enjoy free WiFi and refreshments.

We hope you have a wonderful summer and we look forward to welcoming you to FACT!

The Liverpool Complaints Choir (2019)

The Complaints Choir is an international art project that invites you to sing your gripes aloud.

by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen

Performance

The Liverpool Complaints Choi at Liverpool Lime Street Station, 2019. Photo by Amina Bihi.

Highlights

12 Jul 19 —

REAL WORK

13 Jul 19

Workshop: Body Arcana

Bristol Relay Outside Spike Island Open Studios A

30 Jul 19

Talk: Precarity in the Arts

LightNight: Ritual, 2019. Photo by Rob Battersby.

31 Aug 19

Families Takeover

31 Aug 19

Performance: The Liverpool Complaints Choir

Petersburg Complaints Choir. Photo by Simon Bloor.

31 Aug 19

Performance: The Liverpool Complaints Choir at Liverpool Lime Street

Still of Zahid Iqbal/thelancersinc, graphic designer on Fiverr, Pakistan. From Liz Magic Laser, In Real Life (2019). Courtesy of the artist. Various Small Fires (Los Angeles), Wilfried Lentz (Rotterdam).

Artist Talk: Liz Magic Laser

11 Jul 19

Join us for a round-table discussion with artist Liz Magic Laser in conversation with the real-life gig-workers starring in her experimental reality show.

Exhibition

REAL WORK

12 Jul 19 —

Real people. Real stories. Real work. Immerse yourself in two new powerful installations by artists Liz Magic Laser and Candice Breitz.

Tour

Curator Tour

13 Jul 19

Join us for a guided tour of our summer exhibition, REAL WORK, for an in-depth look at works by Liz Magic Laser and Candice Breitz.

Workshop

Workshop: Body Arcana

13 Jul 19

If your body could speak, what would it say? Join us for a performance with British Ghanian artist Lesley Asare who creates large-scale drawings using her body.

Learning

Proto-Live Summer Camp (8-11 year olds)

30 Jul 19 — 15 Aug 19

In our latest Proto-Live Summer Camp, you will design wonderful devices to support your future job, apps to fix your well being and work together to decide what kind of work is important for the future of the planet!

Talk

Talk: Precarity in the Arts

30 Jul 19

Join a-n, the largest artists’ membership organisation in the UK, in conversation with artists in Liverpool on the ongoing debate about precarious work in contemporary art.

Learning

Proto-Live Summer Camp (12-16 year olds)

06 Aug 19 — 30 Aug 19

Tour

Curator Tour

10 Aug 19

Join us for a guided tour of our summer exhibition, REAL WORK, for an in-depth look at works by Liz Magic Laser and Candice Breitz.

Tour

Tour: Sex Work City Walk

10 Aug 19

A unique opportunity for a guided walk of Liverpool’s sexual entertainment venues. Led by activist, performer and researcher, Dr. Gemma Ahearne.

Tour

Tour: Sex Work City Walk

17 Aug 19

A unique opportunity for a guided walk of Liverpool’s sexual entertainment venues. Led by activist, performer and researcher, Dr. Gemma Ahearne.

Tour

Tour: Sex Work City Walk

17 Aug 19

A unique opportunity for a guided walk of Liverpool’s sexual entertainment venues in the city to find out more about the past, present and future of Liverpool's sex workers. The walks are led by activist, performer and researcher, Dr. Gemma Ahearne.

Learning

Families Takeover

31 Aug 19

Join us for a family takeover day, where young people will compete against their families in fun, exciting activities.

Performance

Performance: The Liverpool Complaints Choir

31 Aug 19

Join The Liverpool Complaint Choir - Citizens Singing About Work at FACT for a special musical performance.

Performance

Performance: The Liverpool Complaints Choir at Liverpool Lime Street

31 Aug 19

Join The Liverpool Complaint Choir - Citizens Singing About Work at Liverpool Lime Street Station for a special musical performance.

Performance

Performance: The Liverpool Complaints Choir at Granby Street Market

07 Sep 19

Come along to the third performance of The Liverpool Complaint Choir - Citizens Singing About Work at Granby Street Market to witness a special musical performance that transforms complaints about work into songs.

Latest articles

Audio

Podcast: Precarity in the Arts

Listen back to Julie Lomax, CEO of a-n The Artists Information Company, and Emily Speed, Artist and Chair of a-n Artists Council, in conversation with artists Kevin Hunt, Fauziya Johnson, Joseph Cotgrave and Sufea Mohamad Noor on the ongoing debate about precarious work in the field of contemporary art.

06 Aug 19 by Jess Fairclough

Open Call: Join The Liverpool Complaints Choir!

Do you have a complaint about work? It’s time to get your voice heard through the medium of music and be part of the newly commissioned Liverpool Complaints Choir!

21 Jun 19 by Anthony Price