The big read: Talented photographers aim to bring Sheffield s Park Hill flats 60th anniversary into sharp focus
It is an iconic building that is synonymous with Sheffield – and now a new photographic competition will record history as Park Hill marks its 60th anniversary next week.
Wednesday, 9th June 2021, 3:28 pm
Thursday June 16, 2021, will mark the 60th anniversary of the flats that serve as a ‘welcome home’ symbol for residents from their hilltop position towering over Sheffield’s city centre – as well as being Britain’s largest Grade II listed building.
Park Hill Residents Association, in support with developers Urban Splash and Places for People, are now holding a competition for residents and workers at the complex to mark 60 years since the completion of the sprawling apartment complex that shadows Sheffield city centre’s railway station.
Liverpool Biennial Launches 11th Edition Titled The Stomach And The Port / /
The Liverpool Biennial is always one of the highlights of the out of London season. It is the UK’s first and most important international biennial showcasing nine new exhibitions and bringing together the complete presentation of the 11th Edition. Titled, The Stomach and the Port the event runs until 27 June. This final chapter complements the outdoor sculptures, installations, sonic and digital commissions, and online event programme on the Biennial Online Portal, which launched in March. Now, in line with Government guidance, the Biennial is opening more doors to Liverpool, welcoming visitors to safely enjoy the UK’s largest free festival of contemporary art.
THROUGH most of the last year, we’ve all been forced to focus on the homes in which we live. How do we really feel about these places? Might art help us re-imagine them? Artist Robbie Bushe, shortlisted for the prestigious John Moores Prize, talks to Susan Mansfield about his work FOR most of this lockdown year, artist Robbie Bushe has been working on “Dwell”, his major solo exhibition currently online at Edinburgh’s Open Eye Gallery. In it, he paints all the places he has lived, from early childhood (he phoned family members for advice) to his current home in south-west Edinburgh. “It’s been something ridiculous like 29 houses in 57 years,” he smiles.