Thursday 30 August 2007, 18.00–21.00

On the last Thursday of every month Tate Liverpool opens late for special events, music, food, drink and of course the best modern and contemporary art.

Our second Late at Tate event is inspired by our second floor show Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde. If you haven't yet explored this exhibition, then now is the perfect opportunity to see how Liverpool has inspired poetry, painting, performance, and passion in its people. And even if you have already visited Centre of the Creative Universe, this will be a chance absorb it in a different atmosphere, before the exhibition closes on 9 September.

Looking to the future of Liverpool, legendary provocateur Bill Drummond will give a performance/ lecture entitled Liverpool or Why Andy Warhol Is Shite, which is also the working title for a book that will explore Drummond’s long and complicated relationship with the city. The second part of the title refers to the subject matter of an uncompleted history of art essay that Drummond started while studying fine art at Liverpool School of Art in 1973 in reaction to visiting the first Andy Warhol retrospective in the UK at what is now Tate Britain. The performance/lecture at Tate Liverpool will be the first part of the public process to get the book written and will undoubtedly influence the final work.

Drummond’s current inclusion in the Centre of the Creative Universe exhibition is a poster where he challenges the city to deliver a noteworthy European Capital of Culture year in 2008. In his varied music career, he has been a member of the KLF, Big in Japan and the manager of Echo and the Bunnymen. Throughout the evening, DJ Will Sergeant, of Echo and the Bunnymen fame, will be playing in the foyer. You can expect a mix of psychedelia, rock ‘n’ roll and northern soul, with the occasional Liverpool connection. Cains beer will be available to visitors on arrival and an after-party will be announced on the night…

Meanwhile, Michael Horovitz will return to Liverpool to give one of his legendary poetry readings entitled One Man Poetry Band which will coincide with the launch of the lavishly illustrated A New Waste Land. Working alongside a generation of beat borne out of Liverpool, Michael Horovitz’s evocative use of language makes each reading a unique experience.

Tate Liverpool will also be presenting free screenings of two renowned Liverpool films Violent Playground (1958) and Letter to Brezhnev (1986). These were recently screened at the A Foundation as part of The Waterfront film series screening relating to Centre of the Creative Universe.

Site Gallery on the Albert Dock will help ‘warm-up’ for Late at Tate from 17.00 – 18.00 in the form of Departure, Initiation, Return, an interactive audio visual VJ event by Concrete Films as part of The Cream Show.

If you would like to pre book a table in our café to enjoy our Late at Tate dinner menu at then call 0151 702 7581 or e-mail liverpool.cafe@tate.org.uk

 

17.00 – 18.00 Site Gallery Departure, Initiation, Return Free

18.00 – 19.30 Auditorium Liverpool or Why Andy Warhol is Shite  £7, £5.50 concessions, £4 members

18.00 – 19.30 Café   Michael Horovitz’ One Man Poetry Band  Free

18.00 – 21.00 Foyer DJ Will Sergeant  Free

18.00 – 21.00 Hospitality Room Film Screenings  Free

 

Tate Liverpool 
Free, tickets available on the night, booking recommended

  

This event is related to the Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde exhibition