We’re delighted to present a day of workshops led by artists Andrea Ku and Miriam Quick (Loud Numbers), created in response to our current exhibition, Cosmotechnics. 

Cosmotechnics (open until Sunday 26 January) explores the relationship between culture and technology through the lens of four Latin American artists and collectives. The exhibition is curated by Beatrice Zaidenberg, our 2024 Curator-in-Residence. Find out more about the exhibition →

You're welcome to join us for one or both workshops. Tickets are £7 per workshop or grab a combo ticket for a discounted price of £12.

Workshop 1

Thursday 23 January / 13:00–14:30

Searching for Objects: A Guided Walk for Gathering and Foraging

Put on your walking shoes and join us for a guided tour through the cultural and historical parts of Liverpool city centre, led by Andrea Ku, a socially engaged local artist. Andrea’s practice focuses on facilitating sustainable, collective, hands-on activities using natural and found materials to create useful items. Her work is characterised by its low-tech, low-cost approach with a minimal carbon footprint.

During the tour, you’re encouraged to collect various items, both natural and synthetic. These gathered objects will later serve as prompts for artist Miriam Quick’s sonification workshop in the afternoon.

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Workshop 2

Thursday 23 January / 16:00–18:00

Data Sonification 101

Data sonification is the art and science of turning data into sound. Just as data can be visualised through bars, lines, and colours, it can also be sonified – transformed into pitches, sounds, and audio effects. Journalist and musician Miriam Quick will lead this workshop, in which she’ll share: 

• What data sonification is
• When and why you might use it
• How to map data to sound
• Tools and resources to explore sonification further

You’ll have the opportunity to collect your own data or use objects gathered during Andrea’s workshop to map it to sound, creating and performing your own sonification. No prior knowledge of data, sound, or music is required! Bring a laptop if you wish, as well as objects that could create interesting sounds. 

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ABOUT ANDREA KU

Andrea Ku is a socially engaged Liverpool artist whose work is rooted in sustainable, collective, hands-on activities using natural and found materials. Her practice is low-tech, low-cost, and focused on reducing environmental impact. Inspired by her 13 years as a beekeeper, Andrea’s approach reflects the resilient, collective nature of honeybees.

Since 2013, Andrea has run her arts practice, B 4 Biodiversity, collaborating with hundreds of artists and organisations across Merseyside and the UK. Her projects include guided walks, canoe paddling, beekeeping, tree planting, landscape design and construction, litter picking, food growing, and community microscopy.

ABOUT MIRIAM QUICK

Miriam Quick is a journalist and musician, and one half of the studio Loud Numbers, which creates music tracks and sound artworks driven by data. Their most recent commission, On Standby, is a 10-hour sound art piece based on energy use data. Other works include Bristol Burning, a dub track based on air quality data, and Hold the Line, which translates Canada’s record-breaking 2023 fire season into sound.