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31/3/2011

A Sense of Perspective

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool

A Sense of Perspective deals with the 'in between' and the undefined. Through the works of international contemporary artists in the Tate Collection, including a number of new acquisitions never before exhibited in the United Kingdom, this display challenges our tendency to define and limit our understanding of ourselves and others, and focuses on works which highlight cultural, generational and artistic difference.

The artworks on display reflect on the state of 'betweenness' as an idea of youth as a period in between generations; as an idea of migration as the experience of living between cultures; and, as an idea of thinking about physical space. Works include installation, sculpture, video and photography by artists such as Carl Andre, Olafur Eliasson, Sarah Lucas, Zineb Sedira, Wolfgang Tillmans and Chen Zhen.

The themes and ideas for the exhibition have emerged from the experience of young people in Liverpool, Helsinki, Paris and London. The display has been curated by Young Tate as part of a European partnership project Youth Art Interchange Phase II with three other leading European galleries: Tate Britain (London); the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki); and the Centre Pompidou (Paris). Youth Art Interchange II brings together young people from across Europe to consider issues of European citizenship, identity and cultural democracy.

Events
Talks and discussions
Living Between the Lines
Friday 1 April 2011, 18.00–19.15

Sharp minds with focussed views discuss perspectives on migration in a live panel debate. Areas of discussion include cultural identity, human rights and immigration and how they relate to citizenship, participation and the interpretation and production of art. To what extent can art explore issues of migration and cultural difference? What are the issues around identity, and why do people have to be put in a box? If we are all multicultural now, what is next?

Panel:
Roger Phillips, BBC Radio Merseyside (Chair)

Dhakshi Maruthamuthu is group secretary to the Tackling Racism Group which looks at different aspects of racism and culture. Currently in her first year at university, Dhakshi was born in Sri Lanka and she and her family migrated to England when civil war worsened in the country. She takes an interest in cinematography in Tamil and English languages and particularly likes the vast cultural differences between them.

Ryan Nelson works for Refugee Action, an organisation that assists refugees and asylum seekers to settle in the UK or return to their countries of origin. He has previously worked with victims of trafficking and irregular migrants, as an inter-community worker in Northern Ireland and was a founding member of QueerSpace, an LGBT community group in Belfast. Ryan is the grandchild of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi occupied Europe.

Eeva Sarlin studies political science at the University of Vienna. Currently living in London, Eeva was born and grew up in Helsinki and has Danish heritage. Eeva is a former member of Kultu, the youth group associated with the gallery Kiasma in Helsinki, who are European partners in the Youth Art Interchange project.

Artist Kai-Oi Jay Yung’s interdisciplinary practice explores issues across nations, identity and politics. Through performance and technologies, Yung is driven by a desire to reconfigure hegemony, language and ritual through a process that refuses to be categorised by any one theme or discipline. Her recent solo exhibition Interval; A Narrative Psychosis took place at Cornerhouse in Manchester (11 December 2010 – 16 January 2011).

This event is part of Open View, the public opening of A Sense of Perspective, a new exhibition curated by Young Tate.

Performances 'See Hear'
Friday 1 April 2011, 19.30–19.45
A live collaboration featuring a composition by Jon Hering (a.P.A.t.T), exploring who we are and how we define ourselves.

This event is part of Open View, the public opening of A Sense of Perspective, a new exhibition curated by Young Tate.
Tate Liverpool Fourth floor galleries
Free, no booking necessary

Tate Press Office - Tate Britain and Tate Modern
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Email: helen.beeckmans@tate.org.uk

Image: Olafur Eliasson, Yellow versus Purple 2003
© Tate © 2003 Olafur Eliasson

Opening Friday 1 April 2011

Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock L3 Liverpool
Opening hours September–May
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10.00–17.50
Closed Mondays (except Bank Holiday Mondays)
Last admission to special exhibitions is at 17.00
Admission is free

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