When walking down Huskisson Street one can literally point out the different decades in which the houses were built. It starts out with grand Kensington style townhouses and finishes with pointy, triangular roofed houses which could easily be cut like pizza slices. At its end lies Faulkner Square with its majestic villas and little public park.

On the other end of the road one is faced by the quite intimidating beauty of the Anglican Cathedral, also known as the Great Space.

In the following interview Duncan McLeod, architect and owner of Studio McLeod, talks about “Space & Light in Architecture”. It’s a brilliant interview and completely sums up the feeling when stepping into a sacred place like the Anglican Cathedral.

The views were breathtaking.

The Big Voice @ Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Stunning views from the Radio City Tower

Mein Herr…

and I.

And just in case you didn’t know most of the events are free and start around 7pm. So, you’ll have plenty of time to go home and grab a bite to eat. I’ve listed a few of my personal highlights below:

1. Polly Morgan – Live and Stuffing!

She’s one of my favourite artists and I am beyond excited that I’ll get a chance to see her & her work. Last year, I’ve published a post about Polly  but who knows, maybe this year I’ll even get to snap a picture of her live and in colour for you.

Details

• Free entry, 7pm to 8.30pm
• Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, Ashton St, Off Brownlow Hill, L69 3DR
• www.liv.ac.uk/vgm

2. Light Night Polaroid Pop-Up Studio

Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery has come up with a fantastic idea to create some very personal souvenirs of this memorable night. There’ll be a Polaroid pop-up studio set up by The Impossible Project’s Tom White.

Details

• Free entry, galleries open until 10pm
• Main Exhibition: Richard Mosse
• Archive Exhibition: Simon Norfolk
• Wall Work: Emily Speed
• Open Eye Gallery, 19 Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 1BP (opposite Liverpool ONE’s One Park West apartment block)

3. The Big Voice – Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

If you enjoy singing and would like to give it a go outside your bathroom, then The Big Voice at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral might be a good place to be. I missed last year’s as there is always so much to do on Light Night in Liverpool. However, I’d really like to go this year. It all sounds quite promising. Rumour has is that it is going to be more about contemporary music rather than gospels.

Details

• Free, 7.30pm until 9pm
• Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mount, Liverpool L1 7AZ
• www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk
• www.senseofsound.org

4. Red Wire Open Studio Art Fair

I’m really curious about this one. I’ve never been to Red Wire before but the title sounds promising. Hopefully there will be some good zines to flick through and maybe a new piece of art to take home with me.

Details

• Free entry, 7.30pm – 11.30pm
• Red Wire Art Studio, Carlisle Building, 69 Victoria St, L1 6DE
• www.redwireredwire.com

5. Light & Sound – LightNight Afterparty

And just to finish off a great night, the Kazimier Krunk Band has been hired to entertain at the Light Night afterparty at the Liverpool Academy of Arts. There is also talk about a light show. On top of that, Clinic DJs will play a blend of funk, psychedelica and dance classics.

If it’s anything like the Krunk parties, then this should be a brilliant finish.

Details

• Free entry, 0.30am – 4am
• Liverpool Academy of Arts, 32 Seel St, L1 4BE (rear of building at Wolstenholme Square – near The Kazimier)
• www.la-art.co.uk

PS. I’ve decided to take my bike. That way I can get quickly from A to B and hopefully – fingers crossed – get to do all the things I want to do. Hope you have a good night!

Promotional pictures & info c/o LightNightLiverpool.co.uk & PollyMorgan.co.uk

This solid 27-year-old camera is still in pretty good condition. It comes with a case and two lenses. One Multi Coating Pentacon auto 2.8/29 and a Pancolar auto 1.8/50 MC lens by Carl Zeiss.

The Praktica MTL 5 was originally manufactured in East Germany between 1983 and 1985 by Pentacon. It is a 35mm SLR featuring TTLexposure metering, self-timer, a shutter button on the front of the camera (not on the top) and a mercury battery. The film speed depends on the lift and rotation of the shutter speed dial.

Imagine what it must have been like to buy one of these. Back in 1980s East Germany a SLR like this one cost someone half of his salary. In fact, this Praktica camera was priced at approx. 400 to 600 Ost-Mark  with the average East German worker only earning about 700 to 800 Ost-Mark (gross salary) a month!

Anyway, I am very keen on going to our local camera shop and asking them for a film. I hope to take some pictures whilst I am here. If it all works out, you will find them on here soon. Fingers crossed.

Between 2010 and 2011 Mosse travelled to the eastern regions of Congo. There he took pictures of local rebel groups, particularly focussing on the life between massacre and violence, sexual harassment and political power plays.

Mosse used a Kodak Aerochrome film, a special type of infrared colour film, for his project. I felt quite overwhelmed by the narrative of this exhibition, not only because of the scenes Mosse had picked, but also because of the vivid, partially “blood red” colours and their emoting effects.

Infra is currently hosted at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The exhibition will close on 10th June.

Source: All images c/o Richard Mosse & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool.

P.S. You may notice the bedroom theme. I am a sucker for a romantic bedroom and even a bigger one for a nice, comfy down bed…

Just imagine what it would be like to have breakfast in bed on a Saturday morning…

The ideal decor for a cinema night with friends. Intimate & relaxing.

Peter Pan / Navajo-style living for giant (twenty-)five-year-olds.

This would be my ideal space to get creative and feel inspired.

And lastly, a little Provence-like snug underneath orange lights.

Sources: #1, #2, #3a /#3b, #4, #5

My retail therapy session involved a stop at the vintage & cyberpunk store, Total Recall which is currently located in the basement of Liverpool Quiggin’s aka Grand Central and at H&M (I’ll never change.). This is what I ended up with.

No. 1 “1960s punk rock girl scarf” (£8)

No. 2 – “tassel love”(£10)

>> Total Recall, Grand Central on Renshaw Street, Liverpool.

No. 3 “classic sailor” (£12.99)

No. 4 “soft & simple” (£7.99)

>> H&M, Church Street, Liverpool.

Despite her tender age of 19 years, Katie has already established herself in the international arts scene, snapping pictures for independent publications such as Ponyanarchy, or the well-known Jackson-based Audrey Grace Boutique at its Wendybird shoot.

She describes her work as “creating dreamscapes”. I find them to be both, surreal and beautiful in composition with rich but not too overpowering colours. In my eyes, this 19-year-old wunderkind from Kent is definitely one to watch this year.

wendybird

Annie the hatter

stitching crow feathers to his side

a swan spoke to a butterfly

fawn

Copyrights // All pictures by Katie Eleanor.