Rebecca Allen, Megan Broadmeadow, Anna Bunting-Branch, Phoebe Collings-James, Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana, Aliyah Hussain and Salma Noor.
Part of the Autumn/Winter 2019 season
Stop the world, we want to get off. you feel me_ invites you to an alternative world, a place without division and a space where we can heal.
From a 360° virtual reality experience inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2 to a neon-lit restaurant orbiting in space, you feel me_ brings together a collection of immersive artworks about power.
We all experience power every day. Sometimes we feel it and sometimes we don’t, but it controls the systems by which we live, both online and offline. Whether we admit it or not, it is these systems that rule our actions, opinions and responses to the world around us, and to each other. But who holds this power and why do these systems exist?
Presented by Curator-in-Residence Helen Starr, you feel me_ explores these questions by transforming the galleries into alternative worlds. Interactive artworks suspend in air, float in hazy mist and explode onto the walls. Travelling through the exhibition, we encounter works by seven artists made from ceramics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, video and game design.
Don’t miss our season of exhibition related events including a cult film season featuring classics Barbarella and Belladonna of Sadness, an artist-led tour with ROOT-ed Zine and a series of video game-based adventures through our galleries with performer and gamer Conway McDermott.
Curated by Helen Starr
Helen Starr is an Afro-Carib Trinidadian Blixn* who lives between Trinidad and the UK. She has worked in the Arts sector for over 25 years. She founded The Mechatronic Library in 2010, to enable artists to engage with new media tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual reality (VR), Game engines, and 3D printing technologies. Starr’s focus is on the wellbeing of local communities. Working with museum curators and education teams, Starr’s hope is that cutting edge artworks can provide a glimpse of a future filled with hope.
*Blixn = (Black womxn)
you feel me_ is made possible with support from National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. FACT is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and is funded by Liverpool City Council.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise (2018-2019) & META (2018)
Warm Worlds and Otherwise (2018-2019), Anna Bunting-Branch, & META (2018), Aliyah Hussain, Installation environment (dimensions variable); digital animation for Oculus Go (11:40 minutes, looped)
The Linguists (2017)
Anna Bunting-Branch, The Linguists (2017). HD video with sound (8:04 minutes, looped).
Mother Tongue (2016)
Mother Tongue (2016), Anna Bunting-Branch, Mixed media (105 x 85 x 75 cm)
Why can’t we do this IRL? (2019)
Why can’t we do this IRL? (2019), Megan Broadmeadow, Installation environment (dimensions variable); HD video with sound.
Life is... Grand II: Anatomy of Apology (2019)
Life is... Grand II: Anatomy of Apology (2019), Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana, Installation environment (dimensions variable)
The Observer (1999-2019)
The Observer is a moving painting built using Emergence: a computer system that Allen developed in the late 1990’s, able to generate artificial life.
Live and Active Gut Cultures or Subaltern Spirit Guides or the Detritus of Devotional Memorabilia (2019)
Phoebe Collings-James’ work explores the poetics and emotional debris of violence, language, and desire, through the medium of ceramics.
okokok (2013-2019)
oKoKok (2013-2019) is a collection of fragile plaster ruins that evoke the image of a hood or spectre.
Mother Tongue, Mother Master (2018)
Mother Tongue, Mother Master is a video of ringing bells on net stretched across the artist’s face.
Special Event
you feel me_ After Party
FACT are pleased to be hosting N-Prolenta, Kepla and Abena for the after party of you feel me_
Workshop
Interactivity Group
What role have women played in making and engaging with new technologies?
Workshop
Workshop: Visions of the Deep Past - Make a World, Make a Game
Join artist David Blandy for an evening workshop to build new elements based on Liverpool's myths, legends and ecosystems
Talk
Artist Talk: you feel me_
Join us for a round table discussion with the artists and Curator-in-Residence from exhibition you feel me_
Talk
Talk: ~all the feels~
you feel me_ exhibition artist Anna Bunting-Branch invites participants to an evening of encounters with works that play with our feelings: touching, engaging, immersing, provoking….
Tour
Curator Tour: you feel me_
Join our curator in residence Helen Starr for a guided tour of our autumn exhibition, you feel me_
Tour
Artist Tour: Roy Claire Potter
Discover alternative perspectives of our autumn exhibition, you feel me_, led by guest, Liverpool-based creatives
Film
Film: Belladonna of Sadness
An evil lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
Film
Film: Barbarella
Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
Film
Film: Daughters of the Dust
In 1991, Julie Dash made history when she became the first African-American woman to direct and produce a feature film that was widely distributed in the U.S. Set in 1902, it tells the story of three generations of women living on an island off the coast of South Carolina as they prepare to migrate North to the mainland.
Talk
Special Event: Why Can't We Do This IRL?
Join us for the launch of a new immersive virtual reality experience by artist Megan Broadmeadow that questions violence in online gaming
Workshop
Educator Workshop: Young People & Identity - The Duty of Care
Calling all teachers and educators! Join us for a workshop discussing the impact of gaming on young people
Workshop
Do Something Saturdays: Night in the Woods
Join performer and gamer Conway McDermott on an adventure through our galleries, creating your very own Dungeons and Dragons characters!
Workshop
Do Something Saturdays: Civil Rights and Freedom Fights
Play artist Hwa Young Jung's new card game which challenges players to make the most meaningful connections between people!
Workshop, Learning
Prototype Camp: Escape the Game
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FACT
Create your own escape room in virtual reality! Build, learn and play in our art and creative technology camp for 11-16 year olds
Special Event: Live Podcast with Go Off, Sis
Join us for an exciting live podcast recording with Liverpool based collective Go Off, Sis.
Building a Better World for the Future with Helen Starr
Curator-in-Residence Helen Starr talks us through the thinking behind her upcoming exhibition at FACT, you feel me_.
by FACT
Blog: Fauziya Johnson from ROOT-ed Zine
We invited Fauziya to share her thoughts and feelings on our current exhibition, you feel me_ which explores themes of power, justice and bias.
by FACT
Announcing a new commission by Anna Bunting-Branch for Wysing Arts Centre, The Mechatronic Library, FACT and QUAD
Wysing Arts Centre, The Mechatronic Library, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and QUAD are pleased to announce a new co-commissioned work by artist Anna Bunting-Branch premiering in October 2018 at Wysing Arts Centre.
by FACT
Artists selected for Worlds Among Us project
Wysing Arts Centre, The Mechatronic Library, FACT and QUAD are pleased to announced the artists selected for Worlds Among Us – to support artists to work with new digital technologies.
by FACT
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